【正文】 ration to America was essentially motivated by the pursuit of religious freedom. Officially, it was seen as the initial essence about the concept of the American Dream. The Development In the 18th century, the American Revolution officially proclaimed the birth of a new nation of Americans. On July 4, 1776, America won her independence, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, assisted by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, drafted Declaration of Independence. It solemnly declared: “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal。s father and one former guest attended. Nick returned to the his Midwest home, reflecting on Gatsby39。s husband Wilson it was Gatsby who killed his wife. Wilson murdered Gatsby and then mitted suicide. Nick tried to inform Tom and Daisy, but only to 2 be told the couple had left the city. Ultimately, it was Nick who left to arrange Gatsby39。s car, but unexpectedly, Daisy hit and killed Tom39。 關(guān)鍵詞： 菲茨杰拉德；美國夢；幻滅 V Contents Acknowledgements …………………………………………………………….. … .I Abstract …..………………………………………………………….…………….. .II 摘 要 ……….……………………………….………………….……………….… .III Chapter 1 Introduction ……………………………………………….… .……...... .1 Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby........................................................ .1 The Meaning of this Topic....................................................................2 Chapter 2 The Development of American Dream..........………………....… ..........3 The origin…..………………………...……… ......................….…… .3 The development………..……….………………….…... ....................3 The disillusionment...................……………………………….….… ..4 Chapter 3 The connection of The Great Gatsby and the American dream.............5 Jay Gatsby and his American Dream.....................................................5 Myrtle Wilson and her American Dream...............................................7 Chapter4 Conclusion..................................................................................................9 Works Cited ………………………………………...……………………… ...........10 1 The Great Gatsby and the American Dream Chapter 1 Introduction Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, an excellent American novel, which was first published on 1925. The writer of The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald, born in , Minnesota. He has played an important role in the American literature during the 1920s and 1930s. He was regarded as the representative writer in the “Lost generation” and also the most successful poet in the “Jazz Age”. About the novel,“For half a century , it has held a high place among twentiethcentury novels. Its numerous reprintings around the world and its successive presentations on film have made Gatsby as identifiable an American figure as Huck Finn. It has revived the twenties, set current fashions, and provided dialogue for three generations of devoted readers. In these respects alone, the question of its literary merits set aside, it qualifies as a great American novel”(Bruccoli 57)The main plot of the novel is that: A young man named Nick Caraway, who came to New York City in spring of 1922. He became involved in the life of his neighbor at Long Island, Jay Gatsby, a very wealthy man, who held lavish parties every Saturday and attracted hundreds of guests. Gatsby revealed to Nick, that he fell in love with Nick39。蓋茨比的悲劇是爵士時代美國社會的嚴(yán)酷無情所致 ,更加強(qiáng)調(diào)美國夢幻滅的必然性。因?qū)ξ镔|(zhì)成功的極度追求和對精神進(jìn)步的完全無視導(dǎo)致人性的墮落和毀壞，造成了那時整 個時代的迷茫。事實上在爵士時代普遍墮落腐敗的社會情況下，對于蓋茨比夢想的唯一答案是不可能和幻滅。出身卑微而貧窮但最終因非法經(jīng)營而大發(fā)橫財?shù)纳w茨比，傾其一生去實現(xiàn)他的夢想 —— 追求他的初戀情人黛西小說主要講述了一個關(guān)于杰斯科特 Fitzgerald。 I 本科學(xué)生畢業(yè)論文 題 目 The Great Gatsby and the American Dream 《了不起的蓋茨比》和美國夢 系 外 語 專 業(yè) 英 語 學(xué)生姓名 指導(dǎo)教師 職稱 助教 論文字?jǐn)?shù) 4824 完成日期 2022 年 3 月 23 日 II Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. Firstly, a special acknowledgement should be shown to Lecturer Fang Qiang, who from whose lectures I benefited greatly. His has taught me for a whole year in the study of the cause of The Society and Culture of Major EnglishSpeaking Countries An Introduction. Through the studying of this cause, I got a basic prehend about the culture backgrounds of the west countries, and, definitely, it made a great contribution to the further study of the American literature. Secondly, I would like to thank Lecturer Song Yun, who taught me the cause of Selected Reading of British amp。American Literature. From this cause I got a relative deeper understanding of the American poetries and novels, what’s more, it directly does me good in the writing of this thesis. Last but not least, I am particularly indebted to my Supervisor Wu Xinjia. From the beginning to the end of writing this thesis, she has shown great patience in checking and approving my thesis, giving me professional suggestions. Last of all, I want to reexpress my feeling of gratitude to all the person who have given me a hand in pleting this thesis, including my teachers, tutor and classmates. Thanks! III The Great Gatsby and the American Dream Abstract Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent American novelists of the 20th century and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby