【正文】 on the contrary, the gap between rich and poor was increasingly obvious. Affected by the American dream, people crowded into the big cities and wanted to achieve success, wealth and social status relying on their own hard work. However, under the cruel social reality, the American dream turned into bubble shadow and the people of this time were lost and confused. In addition, because of the impact of economic and the materialism around all the America, people of all the classes were running for the money. As a result, the moral decayed, the value was lost, capitalism39。巴頓奇事》講述了本杰明離奇的人生故事。 Hall他不僅親身經(jīng)歷了美國歷史上最奢華享樂 的時代的生活，而且以敏銳的目光，審視著那個時代所發(fā)生的一切。 本科生畢業(yè)論文冊 學(xué)院 外國語學(xué)院 專業(yè) 英語 班級 20XX級英語 X 班 學(xué)生 XXX 指導(dǎo)教師 XXX 河北師范大學(xué)本科畢業(yè)論文任務(wù)書 編 號： 論文題目： 初論《 X 杰 X?XX 的 XXXX》中 XX 夢的破滅 學(xué)院： 外國語學(xué)院 專業(yè)： 英語 班級： 20xx 級英語三班 學(xué)生姓名： XXX 學(xué)號： 20XX01XXXX 指導(dǎo)教師： XXX 職稱： 副教授 論文研究目標(biāo)及主要任務(wù) 本論文的研究目標(biāo)是探討 《 X 杰 X?XX 的 XXXX》中美國夢的破滅的幾個方面。 《本杰明 Petry discussed the love, sex and marriage。本杰明以七十多歲的老人模樣出生，又以 新生 嬰兒的狀態(tài)死亡。s survival criterion, such as freedom, democracy and equality was trampled. In the new environment, all Americans seek for the extreme freedom and fortune。 equality, freedom and democracy of social status?！侗窘苊鱯 short stories, Alice他的作品以其獨特的風(fēng)格真實地記錄和反映了美國特定歷史時期里所呈現(xiàn)出的諸多典型特征，所以被謄為“爵士樂時代的杰出代言人”、優(yōu)秀的“編年史家”及“迷惘的一代”的代表作家。其主要任務(wù)是分析二十世紀(jì)美國夢的破滅對現(xiàn)代人的啟示。巴頓的人生奇旅》是菲茨杰拉德最著名的短片小說之一。 self and society。他的一生 都是越活越年輕。 however, the American transcendental superiority has bee the experiential superiority and the humble feelings lacking transcendent. For normal Americans, the American dream has been a nightmare that cannot be realized. The development of American literature reflects the different kinds of breaking of American dream well. Of all the writers, Fitzgerald is one of the best writers who describe how the American dream bees a nightmare. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an extraordinary short novel. Although it is not the most important masterpiece of Fitzgerald, it was also studied and was even made into a film. As a love story, it shows how time destroys love and how love revenges people. From the social point of view, this story is against the clock and that is the most distinctive part. It is a story about Benjamin Button, who was born as a 4 seventy years old man and died as a newborn baby. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was written in 1922, when the American economic developed quickly. Americans are immersed in the American dream they have realized. The author showed the breaking of American dream using Benjamin’s dark birth. This novel reflects the breaking of American dream from three aspects: human relations, honorable reputation and dream. Benjamin was born in a different way. To be a normal person, he became a successful businessman, war hero, college athlete, and married a beautiful woman in town, in spite of that, Benjamin was still lost him in this world. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s words also showed that Benjamin’s tragedy. “The story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain’s to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end.” This thesis includes three chapters. The first chapter shows the relations between Benjamin and his father, wife, son. All of his life had contradiction with others. Although he tried his best to be normal, he was still not accepted by others. The second chapter describes Benjamin’s honorable reputation in different stages. To get honorable reputation, Benjamin went to the war, went to the college and did business. At last, he was rejected though he was accepted before. The third chapter is about Benjamin’s dream. Benjamin had his dream, and his dream was always changing with his growing. Eventually, he fot all the things and he died as a baby, just like American dream that all the dreams would bee unreal image. To conclude, Benjamin had I strange life. Although he became younger and younger, he could not have perfect life. Life, as American dream’s disillusionment, you obtain, but finally lose. The author tells people: all surfaces will disappear. 5 Chapter One Human Relations When people are born, there are different kinds of relationships. Benjamin Button is the major role in this novel. Since he was born, he had all kinds of plex relations with others. The most important relationships in this novel are the relations between Benjamin and his father, wife and son. In America, the respect, love and independence among people are very important. However, Benjamin was in a rejecting and blaming situation. His father could not treat him as a son。 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 want