【正文】 f, which was, of course, stopped by Fitzgerald out of his pride or protection. This turned out to be the most regretful decision for him, perhaps. If only he had any sense that his indeliberate deeds would drive his wife into a mental mess situation, there could be no possibility that he would have make such a decision. Anyway, now, his marriage, his family was broken.Speaking of the wealth he once pursued, they were gone as the same. For a writer, nothing could be more hurt than the awareness of his ability and inspiration to write diminishing. Unfortunately, that’s what Fitzgerald suffered later in his life. Having dwelled to too long in simple and vulgar things to make money, his wits succumbed to the waste paper. For a year and two, he concentrated on piling dramas or scripts for theaters, efficiency and benefits were the only concerns, therefore, for a long time, no more novels, no more improvement occurred. But he did make some efforts in the last time of his poor life, working on a book called The Last Tycoon, never pleted.Among thousands of millions Americans, Fitzgerald is only one of them, but shared the American dreams and branded with deterioration of this mon share.4. The Relationship Between the Male Characters and FitzgeraldIn the 1920s, the American economy soared, bringing unprecedented levels of prosperity to the nation. The chaos and violence of World War I left America in a state of shock, and the generation that fought in the war turned to be wild and extravagant. The staid conservatism and timeworn values of the previous decade were turned on their ear, as money, opulence, and exuberance became the order of the day.Fitzgerald is the most famous chronicler of 1920s America, an era that he dubbed “the Jazz Age.” He is also the typical product of this time. An obvious feature of his works is the work always closely contacts with his own experience, and the characters in the novel can almost find the model from his surrounding, sometimes, even himself. Contacting the characters with his experience is meaningful. It can help the readers have further understanding and analysis of his works.. Gatsby and FitzgeraldIn the novel, Jay Gatsby is the epitome of the “self made man,” in which he dedicates his entire life to climbing the social ladder in order to gain wealth, to ultimately win the love of a woman. As it turns out, Gatsby’s excessive extravagance and love of money, together with his obsession for a woman’s love, are actually the autobiographical portrayal of Fitzgerald.When Gatsby, like Fitzgerald, is training to be an officer to join in the World War I, he falls in love with a beautiful girl, Daisy. However, he is very surprised to realize, despite her sexual responsiveness, that Daisy will not marry him before he had achieved financial success. To Fitzgerald, this is the same reason that Zelda rejected him before he became an extremely wealthy man. Both Gatsby and Fitzgerald are fascinated by money and power, and impressed by glamour and beauty. However, they both know that they can never fully belong to this prosperous and secure world, and that the goal of joining this careless class was an illusion. They still try their best to achieve the goal and have the same experience to earn money although they use the different ways to succeed. After acquiring the success, Fitzgerald found himself in an era of unrestrained materialism with the tone of society as well as Gatsby, particularly in the large cities of the East. But, gradually, Fitzgerald was aware of that wealth destroyed his life, rather than helped him achieve the dream. He died from the irregular life and the alcoholism. So does Gatsby. After a long wait, Gatsby is killed by George’s gun.Gatsby bees lovestricken. He devotes his entire life to winning the elusive love, despite realizing at the end that reaching his goal was unachievable. Fitzgerald had the same dream as Gatsby, and also yearned to join the ranks of the upperclass and accordingly obtain the love that had escaped him. Unfortunately, they have the hopelessness and despair oute.Obviously, Gatsby represents one part of Fitzgerald’s personality: the flashy celebrity who pursued and glorified wealth in order to impress the woman he loved. . Nick and FitzgeraldNick is not only a successful narrator in the novel, but also is a spokesperson of the author’s moral. One of the dominant topics of The Great Gatsby was absolutely one of the prevailing themes of Fitzgerald’s life. Just as Nick describes himself, Fitzgerald has the same background with Jack.“My family have been prominent, welltodo people in this Middle Western city for three generations. The Carrayways are something of a clan, and we have a tradition that we’re descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch,….”(Fitzgerald 2004: 3) And, Nick’s description of himself in the opening chapter stands true throughout the novel: Nick is tolerant and he is slow to judge, someone with whom people feel fortable sharing their secrets. They are both thoughtful young men, who like literary in college and write a lot of papers, and they both have the experience to be in the World War I. After the Great War, they find the indulgent and extravagant life, alluring and exciting. However, Nick feels disappointment to that lifestyle and the conceit of the upperclass. He is also disgusted with the moral decaline that he witnesses among the rich in New York, and finds the moral emptiness and hypocrisy beneath the glitter of the Jazz Age “ Even when the East excited me most, even when I was most keenly aware of its superiority to the board,…even then it had always for me a quality of distortion. West Egg, especially still figures in my more fantastic dreams” (Fitzgerald 2004: 235236) It is also Fitzgerald’s idea longing for this absent moral center. And at last, from his length meditation in Chapter 9, Nick finally thinks that, in some ways, this story is a story of the life of West, e