The-Great-Gatsby---读后感

TheGreatGatsbyistherepresentativeworkofAmericanwriterFrancisScootFitzgerald.Itisatruereflectionofthe1920s.ThebookisaclassicalnovelandhasprofoundmeaningoftheessenceoftheAmericandream’sillusory.ThewritershowedtheAmericansocietyaftertheWWIinthebook.ItuncoversthemoneyworshipandhedonismintheJazzAgeandpeople’sselfishnessinindifferenceatthattime.WhatthenoveldescribesisatragicstoryaboutthedisillusionoftheAmericandream.ThethemeofthenovelistopresentthetragedyoftheAmericandream’sdisillusionbyshowingthestoryofGatsby’spursuingofdream.Theso-called‘Americandream’meansthatinAmericaeveryoneisequalityofopportunity.Peoplecanrealizetheirdreamandachievesuccessjustbytheirstruggle.TheAmericandreamhasalwaysbeenanidealthatpeopleareconvincedofandpursueof.ItisakindofspiritualstrengththatpromoteAmericatodevelopandbecomeflourishingquickly.AftertheWWI,AmericaenteredanunprecedentederaofprosperityandtheAmericandreambecameacrazyworshiptomoney.Thewindofmoneyworshipprevailed.Therefore,theAmericandreamhadbeendeterioratedasthesocialdevelop.Inthisnovel,theshortlifeofGatsbyhasgonethroughtheprocessofdreamfromstartingtoburst.ItsymbolizestheriseandburstoftheAmericandreamatthesametime.OnesideofhisAmericandreamisthedreamofmoney.Herealizedthisdreambyillegalbusinesswhichmadehimfromapoorboytoamillionaire.However,theothersideofhisdreamisthedreamofloveanditledhimtoasadending.Infact,hislovingdreamisanotherformofhismoneydream.AtfirstwhenhefellinlovewithDaisy,hewasattractedbyhermateriallife.Daisyisthecombinationofloveandmoneywhichhe’slongingfor.Sheistherepresentofabeautifullife.However,inreallife,DaisyisfarfromwhatGatsbyimagines.Sheisaselfish,shallowandtimidgirlandallshewantsaremoneyandhighsociallife.FinallyGatsby’sdreambrokeanditalsosymbolizesthebrokenAmericandream.TheessenceofthetragedyofGatsbyisthetragedyofAmericanidealism.Butthenagain,althoughGatsby’seffortdidnotpayoff,hisspiritofstrugglingtorealizehisdreamandchangethefateismovinganddeservesouradmirationandlearning.