了不起的盖茨比分析英语专业毕业论文.docx

1、了不起的盖茨比分析英语专业毕业论文本 科 生 毕 业 设 计 (论 文)题目：A Contrastive Analysis of the Greatness of Gatsby and the Meanness of His Foils in The Great Gatsby教学单位 外国语学院_ _ _姓 名 _朱兴春 _学 号 _2_年 级 2007级 _专 业 英语 _指导教师 文培红_职 称 _副教授_2011年 5 月 14日Abstract: The scholars have already done some researches on the book The Great G

2、atsby which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, such as the writing styles of the author in the book, symbolism and metaphor, the failure of the “American dream”, the analysis of the protagonistGatsby the representative of hero and Daisys and other womens selfish and mental emptiness. On the basis o

3、f these, it revealed the failure of the “American Dream” people had in that times when they paid more attention to the materialistic hedonism but spiritual void by analyzing the characters such as Gatsby, Daisy and Tom. Therefore, Gatsbys “American Dream”Daisy was doomed to failure. However, he was

4、great because he speared no efforts to make his dream come true.摘要：学者们已经对了不起的盖茨比中作者的写作手法象征与比喻、“美国梦”在现实中的幻灭、盖茨比的人物分析英雄主义的代表、以与故事中黛西等女性角色空虚自私的生活等分析与评论。因此，在这基础上，通过对盖茨比与黛西、汤姆为代表的上层人物进行逐个分析，从反面揭示出以黛西、汤姆为代表的重商主义者在美国现实社会下对物质的追求与享乐但精神空虚如同行尸走肉般的人们注定了像盖茨比一类人的“美国梦”的破灭。因此，盖茨比的“美国梦”黛西注定是失败的，但是他为了实现自己的梦想不断奋斗的精神是了

5、不起的。Key Word: greatness Gatsby meanness of the foils American Dream 关键词：了不起盖茨比 大众的粗恶 美国梦ContentsAbstract.I1 Introduction.12 The authors experiences and the social background .1 2.1 The authors experiences.1 2.2 The social background.33 The analysis of Gatsbys greatness.4 3.1. Gatsbys courage and per

6、sistence.4 3.2 Gatsbys kindness and generosity.6 3.3 Gatsbys sacrifice, filial piety and self-discipline . . . .6 4 The analysis of Daisys and Toms meanness.7 4.1 The analysis of Daisy.74.1.1 Daisys beauty and her attractive voice.74.1.2Daisys apathy, indifferent, and selfish.74.1.3Daisys desire for

7、 material and money, and her empty spirit8 4.2 The analysis of Tom.84.2.1 Toms cruelty and crudity.8 4.2.2Toms selfishness and his awareness of his status and possessions.95 The description of the follies. 96 Conclusion. 10References 12Acknowledgements.131 IntroductionThe Great Gatsby is written by

8、American author Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who is considered a member of the “lost generation” of 1920s. It was first published in 1925. The following is the main plot of the novel. A young man named Nick Caraway, who came to New York City in spring of 1922. He became involved in the life of his neig

9、hbor at the Long Island, Jay Gatsby, a very rich man, who entertained hundreds, even thousands of guests who did not know each other and Gatsby at his party. Gatsby revealed to Nick, that he fell in love with Nicks cousin Daisy before the war. However, he was poor at that time. Therefore, Daisy marr

10、ied Tom Buchanan, a rich but boring man of high social position. When Gatsby came back after the war he found Daisy was married because he had no money but he still loved her. So he wanted to regain Daisy by earning money as a bootlegger. After he was rich, he persuaded Nick to bring him and Daisy t

11、ogether again. Gatsby tried his best to convince Daisy to leave Tom and live with him. Unfortunately, in return, Tom revealed that Gatsby had made his money from bootlegging. So they asked Daisy whom she loved and who she wanted to live with. Daisy had no idea and began to sob helplessly. So she wan

12、ted to escape from this situation. Driving Gatsbys blue car, she hit and killed Toms mistress, Myrtle Wilson, and she was so crazy that she did not know what she could do. Gatsby remained silent in order to protect her. But Tom told Myrtles husband Wilson that it was Gatsby who killed his wife. Wils

13、on murdered Gatsby and then committedsuicide. Tom and Daisy left Long Island in the afternoon when Gatsby was killed and did call neither Nick nor Gatsby. Nick was left to arrange Gatsbys funeral, attended only by Gatsbys father and one former guest. The Great Gatsby was the reflection of the times

14、which Fitzgerald called “the Jazz Age” and recorded the life people lived in that time. 2 The brief introduction of the author and the social backgroundFrancis Scott Fitzgerald lived in the period that was between the WWI and the roaring twenties. He had his own traditional value which was contradicted to the main value in those years. So he had double and contradictory personality. 2.1 The introduction to the authorFrancis Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, and named after his ancestor Fran