Abstract.........................................................................I
Key Words........................................................................I
摘要.............................................................................Ⅱ
关键词...........................................................................Ⅱ
Introduction.....................................................................1
I. Introduction to Fitzgerald....................................................2
II. Analysis of Gatsby’s American Dream.........................................3
A. American Dream in Different Social and Historical Backgrounds.................3
B. Gatsby’s Pursuit of American Dream...........................................5
1. Gatsby’s American Dream......................................................5
2. Gatsby’s Efforts in Achieving His American Dream.............................7
C. Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream...................................8
III. Analysis of Relationship Between Love and Money in Gatsby’s American Dream.9
A. Relationship Between Love and Money in the Novel..............................9
B. Connection of Love and Money in Reality.......................................10
Conclusion.......................................................................14
Acknowledgements.................................................................15
Notes............................................................................16
Bibliography.....................................................................17
Abstract
The great Gatsby lived in the period of the First World War, when people were suspicious about the traditional notions and intended to break out them. In the novel, Daisy is a woman who was born in a rich family, and she always lives a luxuriant life of the upper class. Obviously, the person who wants to get her love must have enough money to offer her a luxuriant life. In order to make his American Dream come true, which is to win Daisy, Gatsby tries every possible means including illegal trade of alcohol to make a fortune. However, when Gatsby helps Daisy to escape from the accident successfully, and mistakenly be murdered by the husband of Tom’s mistress, his American Dream is broken. There is nothing left to him after his death, his wealth no longer means anything, and Daisy does not come back to him, either.
This thesis based on an analysis of the break of Gatsby’s American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby which was written by Fitzgerald and published in 1925. From the analysis, we can have a view about the relationship between love and money of the characters in the novel——love is closely connected with money. And then according to the status quo in reality, it draws a conclusion that there is a close relationship between love and money in reality. In sum, it is an analysis of the relationship between love and money in reality according to the break of Gatsby’s American Dream.
