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广西师范大学漓江学院2012届本科生毕业论文ContentsAcknowledgements.........................................................................................................................IAbstractinEnglish.......................................................................................................................IIAbstractinChinese.....................................................................................................................IIII.Introduction................................................................................................................................11.1LiteratureReview...................................................................................................................11.2PurposeandSignificance.......................................................................................................1II.BiographicalBackground........................................................................................................22.1Fitzgerald’sLifeandCareer...................................................................................................22.2AnintroductionofTheGreatGatsby....................................................................................3III.TheInfluenceoftheAmericanDreamonGatsby...............................................................33.1OriginsoftheAmericanDream.............................................................................................33.2EssenceoftheAmericanDream............................................................................................43.3Gatsby’sDream......................................................................................................................53.3.1OriginsofGatsby’sDream..............................................................................................53.3.2ElementsofGatsby’sDream...........................................................................................6IV.Self-DestructioninGatsby’sDream......................................................................................74.1FantasyofPureLove.............................................................................................................74.2UnquestioningBeliefinthePowerofMoney.......................................................................94.3DimnessoftheEssenceoftheOldRich.............................................................................10V.TheConflictsbetweentheEastEggandtheWestEgg.......................................................115.1EconomicDifference...........................................................................................................125.2SocialConflict.....................................................................................................................125.3CulturalConflicts................................................................................................................13VI.Conclusion.............................................................................................................................14广西师范大学漓江学院2012届本科生毕业论文iiBibliography................................................................................................................................16Declaration广西师范大学漓江学院2012届本科生毕业论文iAcknowledgementsFirstly,IavailmyselfofthisopportunitytoexpressmydeepestgratitudetomysupervisorsZhangXiaozhuandXiongHuiqinwhohavegivenmealotofhelpandencouragementinmypreparationofthisthesis.Ihavebenefitedgreatlyfromtheirprecioussuggestion,enlighteningguidanceandcarefulmodificationinthewritingofthisthesis.What’smore,Iamdeeplymovedbytheirseriousattitudetowardsacademicwork.IwouldalsoliketothankthosewhohavetaughtandhelpedmeduringmystudyintheDepartmentofForeignLanguages,LijiangCollege,GuangxiNormalUniversity,especiallyprofessorSunJianguo,lecturerTanJie.Theyhavegivenmeenlightenmentonvariousareasandhelpedmedevelopresearchability.感谢词首先我想借次机会想向我的导师××致以我最衷心的感谢。在这篇论文写作过程中她们给予了我莫大的帮助与鼓励。她们提出的宝贵建议,她们的博学善导,使我受益非浅。她们一丝不苟的工作态度,让我倍加钦佩。同时我也要感谢所有教过我,帮助过我的老师,特别是××。他们在各方面引导我,帮助我提高研究能力。广西师范大学漓江学院2012届本科生毕业论文iiCastleintheAir：theInevitabilityoftheWitheringofGatsby’sAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsbyDepartmentofForeignLanguages,LijiangCollege,GuangxiNormalUniversity123456789×××Supervisor:Lecturer×××[Abstract]FrancisScottFitzgerald(1896-1940),thefamousAmericanwriterinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury,isregardedasthespokesmanfor“theLostGeneration”inAmericanliterature.In1925,TheGreatGatsbywaspublished,whichisthoughttobeoneofthebestworksofFitzgerald,offeringavividpictureaboutAmericanlifeinthe1920s.TheGreatGatsbyisasymbolicdisintegrationoftheAmericandreaminaneraofmoralwasteanddecayandthelackofpersonalresponsibility.Inthisnovel,Fitzgeralddiscussesavarietyofthemes,suchasjustice,power,greed,andtheAmericandream,whichmanyChineseandforeignscholarshaveanalyzed.ThispaperfocusesontherootsofthewitheringofGatsby’sAmericandreaminTheGreatGatsbybymeansofananalysisoncreationbackgroundandhero’scharacters,andaimsatmakingpeopleunderstandthisnovelmoredeeply