【正文】 novelist for his great contribution to the American literature in the 1920s. Hemingway once recalled Fitzgerald and said that, “Since he can write such a good book as The Great Gatsby, I believe that he certainly be able to write a much better book”. A wave of enthusiastic study of his works mences in the last thirty years in China. A lot of scholars publicized their own distinctive views on his works. There are many observations and surveys of his works from different perspectives. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is one of Fitzgerald’s famous short stories and it has been studied from many aspects. The following are the recent studies on the Jazz Age and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Yu Jianhua made an overall exploration of the American culture trends and literature overview in 1920s in The High Tide of American Literature, which had a specific introduction of entering into the Jazz Age. And he also discussed Fitzgerald, the famous representative of “the Lost Generation” from the origin and connotation. In the Chapter11 of A Survey of American Literature, Chang Yaoxin attempted to interpret the Jazz Age from its background and unique features, discovering and asserting the essence of life at that time, exposing and criticizing the utilitarianism view which influenced a whole generation. In The Short Stories of Fitzgerald: New Approaches in Criticism, Jackson R .Bryer mainly analysed the short stories of Fitzgerald from the novels’ style and art. In the techniques of Fitzgerald39。 the concept of family techniques of Fitzgerald39。巴頓的人生奇旅》是 菲茨杰拉德 最著名的短片小說之一。本文共分為三章 。 nevertheless, he surrendered to the money society and died in tragedy. The generation of American Dream had its own specific history background. Its origin could date back to the time when a great number of European immigrants came to this land. They had strong desire to get freedom and equality. Besides, some people who were Puritans held lofty ideality. They built up from nothing and worked independently. During the process of adapting to and fighting with the nature as well as the Britain colonists, a kind of American spirit gradually was formed. However, these immigrants did not form an “American Dream” with mon characteristics. Some of them were to get rid of the persecution of the old world and build a “city upon a Hill” according to their own beliefs. Some of them were to look for an uncultivated land to realize their own political and economic purpose. Some of them were to make money and seek the legendary market. Most people wanted to cast off the poor life in their hometown. For a long time, all of them were different people with different nationalities and traditions: The English, the Dutch, the French, the Scotchmen and the Irishmen. Thus, from the beginning, the land of the United States was placed many hopes and dreams. The rich resource without the owners and the rugged but broad environment made a result that the background of family and the social status were not the actual significance. Therefore, every believed that they are equal. The American dream is an iconic expression of American’s optimistic attitude towards life, an affirmation on human’s capacity of realizing the unlimited possibilities of existence. Although up till now, there is no fixed definition or exact expression to explain this term, some traces correlated to its meaning in many sources can be found. In Made in America: SelfStyled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey, Jeffrey Louis Decker wrote of the origin of the term the “American dream.” He states that “the term was not put into print until 1931, when middlebrow historian James Truslow Adams coined and used it throughout the pages of a book titled The 3 Epic of America”.1 Adams held that “The American dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. The American dream is to be understood as an ethical doctrine that is symptomatic of a crisis in national identity during the thirties. The newly invented dream calls out for a supplement to the outmoded narrative of individual uplift, which had lost its moral capacity to guide the nation during the Depression”2 American dream is a phenomenon that only America has. The American history is also the American dream. From the civil war to the early twentieth Century, American economy was in the highspeed development. But the economic development did not bring that Americans39。 he decided to follow his father’s orders. Mr. Button was trying to treat Benjamin like a normal baby, and he persisted in his unwavering purpose. For example, Mr. Button let Benjamin drink milk and bought a rattle. However, Benjamin was not fit to drink milk, so Mr. Button had to prevail upon to allow his son bread and butter and even oatmeal. As for the rattle, Benjamin jingled it to let his father happy. Later Benjamin found other and more soothing amusements when he was left alone. For instance, he liked to smoke cigars, but this was not allowed by Mr. Button. There were still contradiction and promise between Benjamin and Mr. Button. The relation between Benjamin and Mr. Button is different from the other relations between fathers and sons. Americans pay more attentions about their freedom and democracy. But for Mr. Button, he had to insist his view and restrict his son. He did not want to give Benjamin freedom and democracy. On the contrary, Benjamin seemed under his father’s control and rules, but he did something that his father didn’t like. Both of the son’s and the father’s dreams evaporated. Besides, the Button’s dream disappeared, too. B. Relation Between Benjamin Button and His Wife “It was a geous evening. A full moon drenched the road to the lusterless color of pla