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AnAnalysisofDisillusionmentofAmericanDreamin

TheGreatGatsby

WuBenhu

Abstract:

F.ScottFitzgerald,iswidelyconsideredastheliteraryspokesmanofthe“AmericanDream”.Hisnovelsincludemanyaspectsofhisuniqueexperiencesinthatperiodoftime.Itisnoteasytodistinguishbetweenhisnovelandreallife,whichhasbeeninvolvedinhisbodyandspiritinit.Especiallyinhismasterpiece,thegreatGatsby,whichwaspublishedin1925.Inthenovel,theherorevealsthetypicalexamplesofthosewhoaspiretopursuetheAmericandream,butattheendoftheirownsacrifice.Althoughhedreamsofmaterialwealthandlovethroughhiscourageandhardwork,allthefactorsfromtheoutsideworldandhisdreamofindelibleleadstoitsdisillusionment.Thecharacteristicsofthedevelopmentandheroesofthestory,FitzgeraldelaboratedthedisillusionmentofAmericandreamvividpicture.

Keywords:

Americandream;disillusionment;reason

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摘要:

著名作家菲兹杰拉德被誉为“美国梦的代言人”，每次当我们阅读他的小说，都会使人产生一种错觉，难以区分现实与小说情节，小说的内容是他真实生活的写照，现实与小说完全融为一体。

在《了不起的盖茨比》中，主人公盖茨为美国梦不懈奋斗，甚至不惜以牺牲自己为代价，始终渴望通过自己坚定的信念获得自己想要的物质和爱情生活，但这只是一场梦，脱离了现实的一场梦境，最终是无法实现的，文章中以时间的发展为主线，对不同人物的性格进行分析，最终阐述了这一梦想破灭的多种原因。

关键词：

美国梦；破灭；原因

Contents

Introduction1

1.1TheLifeExpericenceofFitzgerald1

1.1.1Fitzgerald’sBackground1

1.1.2Fitzgerald’sMarriage2

2.AmericanDreamanditsDisillusionment2

2.1TheAmericanDream2

2.1.1TheDefinitionofAmericanDream2

2.1.2TheEssenceofAmericanDream3

2.2.2NickCarraway’sAmericanDream4

2.2.3Tom,DaisyBuchananandJordanBaker’sAmericanDream5

3TheCauseofDisillusionmentofAmericanDream5

3.1TheJazzAgeandtheRoaringTwenties5

3.2SocialEnvironmentandPeoplefactors6

Conclusion7

WorksCited7

AnAnalysisofDisillusionmentofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsby

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Introduction

Fitzgeraldwasborninanon-wealthyfamily,sohewantedtomakealotofmoneyandbecomerichinenjoyingahighqualityoflife.Therhythmofhislifeisrelaxedbecausehislifeispoisonedbymadnessandself-destructivealcoholism.Aftermanyyearsofemotionalandphysicalbreakdown,hetriedtowriteaseriesofHollywoodproductionstories,exposinghisshametorepairhislife.HebecameoneofthegreatestwritersofAmericanliterature,andhewrotemanyworksinhislife,showingthereallifeofthetime.Heisaspokesmanforthejazzera.

Thegreatgatsby"isconsideredtobehismasterpiece.WasoriginallypublishedinApril10,1925,thestoryisinthenorthshoreoflongislandandsummerofthecityin1922.ThenoveltellsthestoryofGatesby,anidealistwhotriestorecapturethelostlove,buttonoavail,waseventuallyherichenvironment.ThestoryinvolvesafailureoftheAmericandream,chrysanthemumandbeautifulwoman,belongstoacorruptsociety."ThegreatGatsbyevokesacharming,wild,inabadmood,seemstonevercomeagain.Thisisaboutlostideal,fullyembodiesthefailureofayoungman（Gatsby）personaltragedy,hisdreamof"shameless"is"reality"fragment（Fitzgerald,8）.

Gatsbyburstfailuretorealizehisideal,he'sasymboloftheAmericandream.Inaddition,thegageofthepowerofadream,onbehalfofacountry,heneedstofindhismottoofcommitment.Thefailuretoagreatextentthe"Americandream"intheverygreatdegreeofamplification.

1.TheIntroductionofF.Scott.Fitzgerald

1.1TheLifeExpericenceofFitzgerald

FrancisScottkeyFitzgeraldisathemostoutstandingAmericanwriterin20s,theGreatGatsbyishisbestwork.

1.1.1Fitzgerald’sBackground

F.ScottFitzgeraldwasborninSaoPaulomiddle-classfamilyin1896.InPrincetonuniversitystudentscareerfailed,hewasinthetrainingcampwhenthesecondlieutenant,hemetabeautifulgirl,becamehiswife.HetookaZeldaSayre,andbecauseofhisliterarycareerbeganwithapopular1920.Inthe20s,whenthemoneyseemstoberichandpostwarmoralencouragerecklesspursuitofhappiness,histripinEuropeandNewYorkSerdar,presentafascinatinglife,heinhisnovelthemostpopularmagazineofthewritingstyle.Heisajazzage,thepersonalandliterarysetanexampleforageneration.Hepaceoflifeiseasy,becausehislifeisacrazydayandhisownself-destructivealcoholpoisoning.Whilehewasintheworldundertheinfluenceofthegreatdepressionofthe1930s,helosthis10yearsofvictory,intheautumn,thefavourofhimasawriter.

1.1.2Fitzgerald’sMarriage

Thisisabsolutelyhardteenagersandmarriagelife,Fitzgeraldthroughdifficultiesandsetbacksoflife.Fromtheauthor'slifesoweshouldfindsomethinkingaboutthestory.

Fitzgeraldandzeldarelationshipissodramatic,evenifheoncesaid,"sometimesIdon'tknowzelda,Iwasreal,orarewethecharactersinthenovel"（Fitzgerald,1）.

Inordertohelppayfortheirlavishlifestyle.Butwhenmisfortunehappensto30,aszeldacontinuetosufferfrommentalillness.Thisistheprosperityofhismarriageandhislife,tomakemoneytosupporther,whichgreatlyinfluencedhiswriting.

1.2LiteraryWorksofFitzgerald

Theroaringtwentieswasaperiodofliterarycreation,severalworksoffamouswritersinthisperiod.SuchasHemingway,erich,mariano,remarque,f.ScottFitzgerald,etc.Duringthisperiodreflectsthepeople'sexperienceandattitudeofliterature.Wecanfromthefollowingexample:

quietonthewesternfrontofterrorofthefirstworldwartheremarque,erichMali,anddeeplytheGermancivilianlifefeeling,backfrominfrontofmanypeople.

Thisdaytheparadiseoff.ScottFitzgeralddepictsthefirstworldwar,thesunandtheyouthofthemorallifeisincreasedbyErnestHemingwayinthe1920s,agroupofforeignpeopleintheUnitedStatesinEurope.

2.AmericanDreamanditsDisillusionment

2.1TheAmericanDream

2.1.1TheDefinitionofAmericanDream

TheconceptoftheAmericandreamisdifferent,fordifferentpeople,theirunderstandingoftheAmericandreamandthepursuitoftheAmericandreamalsoeacharenotidentical.Thedefinitionoftheso-calledAmericandreamcandistinguishwithnarrowsenseandnarrowsense.WhichmeansthatallthepeopleintheUnitedStates,ifyouworkhard。

Inthisterm,theAmericandreamisthefirstinhisbook"American"1931,JamesTrausAdamswrote.Hesaid:

"theAmericandreamisadreamplace,lifeshouldbebetter,Europeansocietyfullyexplainedthatmanyofusaretired,don'tbelieveit.Everymenandwomencanachievetheirmaximumbodyinstinct,canbeachieved,andrecognitionfromothers,nomatterhowtheywerebornoroccasionallypositioning.

2.1.2TheEssenceofAmericanDream

Americandreamnamelythroughhardworkandstruggle,canobtainabetterlife.TheAmericandreamhasafewelements:

theUnitedStatestoprovideequalopportunityforeveryone;Theirtalentandhardworkisbuildonthefoundationofsuccess,ratherthanthebackgroundextraction;Eachlifeisequalto;Everyonehashisownrighttosuccess.

Inshort,themaincontentofAmericancultureistoemphasizeindividualvalue,optimistic,fightingfordemocracyandfreedom,promotedeportationandcompetitionandtheneedofrealityandreality.EveryonehasacommontruththateveryonehasanAmericandream,thedesiretoachieveit,everyonehasanAmericandream,thisisagoodopportunitytomakemydreamcometrue.

2.2DisillusionmentofAmericanDreamReflectedintheNovel

2.2.1Gatsby’sAmericanDream

GagethantryingtorealizetheirAmericandream,lethimatthebeginningofthenewinitiativesalreadyknowtheloveofDaisyBuchanan.HemadeaDaisyaskedhimtodoeverything.Noonecandoitforareason.InordertowinDaisy,gatsbydarestoalcoholillegaltrading,toearnwealth,becauseheknewhemustprovideabetterlifeforDaisy,ifhewantstowinDaisyrich.Throughhisefforts,hereallygotalotofmoney,althoughitisfromillegalbusiness.

Gatsbyishisstrongwill,loveandrealizethegoaloflifeisthegreatsuccessofahugewealth;Hebecamethenameofthesociety,deputy.Everyoneisgladtocometohisparty,everyoneisenviousofhisproperty,andeveryonewantstobehisfriend,evenDaisyhasnoticedhim,andfellinlovewithhimagain.WhenhelosthisownlifetoprotectDaisy,gageratioisalsogreat.

ThemetamorphosisofhisAmericandream,however,Daisyandherhusbandgotoanothercity,butthegagethanbeingshot,hishugeimprovement,nofeatures.Inotherwords,inthegatesthantheendoftheAmericandream,istowinDaisy,isacompletefailure."（YangHuiqun,3）

Inaddition,whenthegageisdead,thereisnofuneralforhim,buthundredsofpeopletoeathisplace.Thisisasadcommentaryonthehumannature,whenapersondied,heislonely,absolutelyalone.Themostsadthingis,Daisy,don'tfeelsorryorsadgatesthandeath,herhusbandTomtravel.Whatgatsby.Hislifewithhisdeath,includinghiswealthandlove.Ontheanalysisofthe"Americandream"gagethanwillcometoaconclusion,whetheritisdestroyed,andthanthe"Americandream"istomakeasmuchmoney,eventhroughvariousillegalmeans,thenhecanachievehisultimategoalofeconomicstrengthtowinDaisy'slove.

Gatsby'slifeinmoneyandposition,sohecanreachacertainpositioninlife,thenhecanwinDaisyback.Thisisencouragedhimtomovetowestegg,andwithanynecessarywaytomakemoney,everythingheldalavishpartieseveryweekend,Daisyaskedhimtodoso.Thereisaplaceinlife,heiseagertoandwilldoallthatyouneedinordertoachieve