蓋茨比美國夢的幻滅—透視現(xiàn)實生活中的愛情 英語專業(yè)優(yōu)秀畢業(yè)論文

The Disillusionment for Gatsby’ American Dream

Contents

Abstract...........................................................................................................................I
Key Words......................................................................................................................I
摘要..............................................................................................................................Ⅱ
關鍵詞………………………………………………………………………………Ⅱ
Introduction…………………………………………………………………….……...1
I. Introduction to Fitzgerald………………...................................................................2
II. Analysis of Gatsby’s American Dream....................................................................3
A. American Dream in Different Social and Historical Backgrounds…………......3
B. Gatsby’s Pursuit of American Dream...................................................................5
1. Gatsby’s American Dream................................................................................5
2. Gatsby’s Efforts in Achieving His American Dream.........................................7
C. Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream.....................................................8
III. Analysis of Relationship Between Love and Money in Gatsby’s American Dream............................................................................................................................9
A. Relationship Between Love and Money in the Novel.........................................9
B. Connection of Love and Money in Reality........................................................10
Conclusion...................................................................................................................14
Acknowledgements......................................................................................................15
Notes......................................................................................................16
Bibliography.............................................................................................17


Abstract

The great Gatsby lived in the period of the First World War, when people were suspicious about the traditional notions and intended to break out them. In the novel, Daisy is a woman who was born in a rich family, and she always lives a luxuriant life of the upper class. Obviously, the person who wants to get her love must have enough money to offer her a luxuriant life. In order to make his American Dream come true, which is to win Daisy, Gatsby tries every possible means including illegal trade of alcohol to make a fortune. However, when Gatsby helps Daisy to escape from the accident successfully, and mistakenly be murdered by the husband of Tom’s mistress, his American Dream is broken. There is nothing left to him after his death, his wealth no longer means anything, and Daisy does not come back to him, either.
This thesis based on an analysis of the break of Gatsby’s American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby which was written by Fitzgerald and published in 1925. From the analysis, we can have a view about the relationship between love and money of the characters in the novel——love is closely connected with money. And then according to the status quo in reality, it draws a conclusion that there is a close relationship between love and money in reality. In sum, it is an analysis of the relationship between love and money in reality according to the break of Gatsby’s American Dream.

Key Words The American Dream; love; money; disillusionment


摘　要

了不起的蓋茨比生活在一戰(zhàn)期間，這時候人民對傳統(tǒng)觀念持懷疑態(tài)度并且在漸漸的打破這些觀念，傳統(tǒng)意義上的美國夢也被歪曲了。在小說中，戴西是個出身富裕家庭，從小過著舒適的生活的女人,要想獲得她的愛情，就必須有足夠的金錢為她提供一個美好的生活。為了實現(xiàn)自己的美國夢，贏得戴西，蓋茨比通過各種手段賺錢，包括在禁酒期間非法運酒。但是，當蓋茨比幫助戴西成功逃脫那場車禍，并被誤認為是兇手被殺害的時候，他的美國夢破滅了。在他死后，沒有任何東西是屬于他的，他所有的財富對他來說已經(jīng)沒有任何意義，而戴西也沒有回到他身邊。從蓋茨比美國夢的幻滅，可以得出一個結論，他們的愛情和金錢是密切聯(lián)系著的。
這篇文章通過對菲次杰瑞德于1925年出版的小說《了不起的蓋茨比》中蓋茨比美國夢的幻滅的分析，對小說人物間的愛情和金錢的關系有了一個初步的認識——愛情和金錢是緊密聯(lián)系的。本文結合小說和現(xiàn)實中存在的現(xiàn)狀，得出在現(xiàn)實生活中，愛情和金錢是密不可分的結論?？偟膩碚f，文章是在對了不起的蓋茨比美國夢的幻滅的分析的基礎上，透視了現(xiàn)實中的愛情和金錢的關系。

關鍵詞：美國夢，愛情，金錢，破滅


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