An analysis of Gatsby in The Great Gatsby_英语论文

摘要

美国著名作家菲兹·杰拉德被称为“美国梦的代言人”，在他的小说中，我们难以区分是他的生活如一部小说还是他的小说就是他的一段真实的生活的写照，因为他已完全融入其中。尤其是《了不起的盖茨比》，文中小说深刻展示了爵士乐时代人们被迷惘、幻灭 感充斥的生活状态。这是一部讲述关于自我的目标缺失、理想脱离实际的小说。主人公盖茨比便是这样一个生活在已逝的过去和无望的未来的典型。然而，他的意义远不止代表了最后一代具有浪漫精神的人，其悲剧更是深刻揭露了社会的阴暗及人性的弱点。 

本文首先将作者及作品进行简短的介绍，然后分析盖茨比一生所追求的理想，他所追求的理想主要是在主要是在三个方面，是对财富，地位以及爱情的追求。这些追求所导致的一些问题与结果。其次分析盖茨比的悲剧，一是他和黛西爱情的幻灭。二是将他生前别墅里的热闹景象和死后的冷清进行对比，凸显出主人公的悲凉。再次是分析导致盖茨比悲剧的几点原因，一方面是他自身的原因，他将黛西和他的追求太理想化，他把一切都想得太过于美好，却忽略了人性的真实性。还有一方面是社会原因，当时的社会阶级分化严重，导致主人公为了进入上流社会而不惜放弃一切。最后将文章进行一个总结。

关键词: 《了不起的盖茨比》  菲茨·杰拉德  悲剧  美国梦     

Abstract

F. Scott Fitzgerald, is widely considered as the literary spokesman of the ‘American Dream’. His novels include many aspects of his unique experiences in the that period of time. It is not easy to distinguish his novel and the real life, which has already involved him physically and mentally in it. Especially in his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby vividly presents the meaningless and disillusioned life of the Jazz Age. It is a novel about self without an object, ideal separated from reality. Gatsby is such a hero who lives between a dead past and a hopeless future. However, he represents much more than the last of the romantics. His tragedy reveals profoundly vices in society and weaknesses in man. In this paper, firstly, the author and his work are briefly introduced. Then analyze the dreams that Gatsby pursued throughout his life. The dreams that he pursues are mainly in three aspects: the pursuit of wealth, position and love. Secondly, analyze Gatsby's tragedy, one is that the disillusion of love between Daisy and Gatsby. The another is to compare the liveliness in his villa and the desolate after death, showing the melancholy of the hero. Thirdly, analyze the reasons for Gatsby's tragedy. On the one hand, the tragedy caused by himself. Because he idealizes Daisy and his pursuit. On the other hand, there are social reasons. Finally, there is a summary of the article.

Key words:  The Great Gatsby;  Fitzgerald;  tragedy;  American Dream

Contents

1.Introduction 1

2.Demonstration 3

2.1 Gatsby’s Dream 3

2.1.1 Gatsby’s Pursuit of Wealth 3

2.1.2 Gatsby’s Love for Daisy 5

2.1.3 Gatsby’s social status 6

2.2 Gatsby’s Tragedy 8

2.2.1 Gatsby’s Disillusionment of Love 8

2.2.2 Gatsby’s Death and Funeral 9

2.3 The Cause of Gatsby’s Tragedy 11

2.3.1 Idealized personality of Daisy 11

2.3.2 Social reasons 12

3.  Conclusion 13

Works Cited 15

Bibliography 16