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TheGreatGatsbyF.ScottFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)AnAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories.HisworksareevocativeoftheJazzAge,atermhecoinedhimself.Heiswidelyregardedasoneofthetwentiethcentury'sgreatestwritersandamemberofthe“LostGenerationoftheTwenties.ContextTheGreatGatsbywaswrittenintheearly1920’s–theGreatWarwasoverandtheAmericaneconomywasbooming.Fitzgerald,throughthenarratorvoice,admiredthenewrichesofthetime,butonthesametime,wasuncomfortablewiththematerialismandlackofmorality.Despitetheopennessoftheera,socialclassesstoodstrong,andtheyarethebackgroundofthenovel.Fitzgerald,whohadlosthisfirstloveduetosocialstandingdifferences,separatedGatsbyandDaisyonthesamegrounds.ContextplotThestorybeginsinthesummerof1922,whenthenarrator,NickCarraway,findshisnewneighbor,JayGatsby,livesinaGothicmansionandisrenownedforhislavishlifestylewithparties.NickfindsoutthatGatsbyisDaisy’s(Nick’scousin)ex-boyfriendwhenheisapoorlieutenantin1917.ButDaisygetsmarriedwithTom,aupper-classman..ThenGatsbybecomesveryrichthroughrunningabootleggingoperation.HebuysthemansionoppositeofDaisy’shouseandthelavishpartiesandhishouseisjusttoattractandimpressDaisy.Hehaswaitedforherfor5years!WiththehelpofNick,GatsbymeetsDaisy,andwinsheradoration.Gatsby’scarisinvolvedinanaccidentwhereMyrtle,whohasanaffairwithDaisy’shusbandisrunoverandkilled.AlthoughDaisywasdrivingthecar,Gatsbycoversforheranddecidestotaketheblame.MeanwhileTomtellsMyrtle’shusbandGeorgethatthatcarbelongedtoGatsby.ThenGeorgegoestoGatsby’shomeandkillshiminhisswimmingpool,andthenshootshimself.ThenNickcan’tfindDaisy.ShegoestoEuropewithherhusband!Gatsby’sfuneralisonlyattendedbyNickandGatsby’soldfather.Finally,sickoftheEastanditsemptyvalues,NickdecidestomovebacktotheMidwest.NickCarraway(narrator)—manfromtheMidwest,aYalegraduate,aWorldWarIveteran,andaresidentofWestEgg.HeisGatsby'snext-doorneighborandabondssalesman.HeisanunreliablenarratorbecauseheliesfrequentlyinthenoveltohimselfandthereaderCharacterJayGatsby(originallyJamesGatz)—ayoung,mysteriousmillionairewithshadybusinessconnectionslaterrevealedtobeabootlegger(走私者),originallyfromMinnesota.HeisobsessedwithDaisyFayBuchanan,whomhehadmetwhenhewasastationedasayoungofficerinWorldWarI.Basedonbootlegger,andformerofficerintheGreatWar,MaxGerlach,accordingtoSomeSortofEpicGrandeur,MatthewJBruccoli'sbiographyofFScottFitzgeraldCharacterDaisyBuchanannéeFay—anattractiveandeffervescent（活泼的）,butshallow,youngwoman;Nick'ssecondcousin,onceremoved;andthewifeofTomBuchanan.DaisyisbelievedtohavebeeninspiredbyFitzgerald'sownyouthfulromanceswithGinevraKingandZeldaSayre.DaisyoncehadaromanticrelationshipwithGatsby,beforeshemarriedTom.Therefore,herchoicebetweenGatsbyandTomisoneofthecentralconflictsinthenovel.CharacterTomBuchanan—millionairewholivesonEastEgg,andDaisy'shusband.BuchananhasparallelswithWilliamMitchell,theChicagoanwhomarriedGinevraKing.BuchananandMitchellwerebothChicagoanswithaninterestinpolo.LikeGinevra'sfather,whomFitzgeraldresented,BuchananattendedYaleandisawhitesupremacistCharacterThemesTheriseanddeclineofAmericandream.Manycriticshadraisedthisquestion:DoesGatsbyrepresenttheAmericandream?Hewasborninafamilywithlowstatus,butfinallyhebecameamillionaire.Tosomedegree,herepresentedthesuccessofAmericans.ThemesTomandDaisystandfortheupperclass,buttheymovefromoneplacetoanotherwithunease,theypossessnomorals,noobligation,nodream.Myrtleandherhusbandarethevictimsinthistragedy.Amongthesepeoplewhoarerich,wealthy,powerfulandinfluential,theydon’thavemanychoices.WealthmaycorruptmoralitySowebeaton,boatsagainstthecurrent,bornebackceaselesslyintothepast.我们继续奋力向前划，逆水行舟，不停地倒退，回到往昔。Wheneveryoufeellikecriticizinganyone,hetoldme,justrememberthatallthepeopleinthisworldhaven'thadtheadvantagesthatyou'vehad.“每逢你想要对别人品头论足的时候，”他对我说，“要记住，世上并非所有的人，都有你那样的优越条件。”THEENDThankyou.