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1、 The Great Gatsbyisa1925novelwrittenbyAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgeraldthatfollowsacastofcharacterslivinginthefictionaltownofWestEggonprosperousLongIslandinthesummerof1922.ThestoryprimarilyconcernstheyoungandmysteriousmillionaireJayGatsbyandhisquixoticpassionforthebeautifulDaisyBuchanan.Consideredtobe

2、Fitzgeraldsmagnumopus,The Great Gatsbyexploresthemesofdecadence,idealism,resistancetochange,socialupheaval,andexcess,creatingaportraitoftheJazzAgeortheRoaringTwentiesthathasbeendescribedasacautionarytaleregardingtheAmericanDream.第1页/共14页F.Scott FitzgeraldThe author of The Great GatsbyFrancis Scott K

3、ey Fitzgerald(September 24,1896 December 21,1940)was an Americanauthor of novelsandshort stories,whose works are the paradigmatic writings of theJazz Age,a term he coined.He is widely regarded as one of the greatestAmerican writersof the 20th century.第2页/共14页FitzgeraldisconsideredamemberoftheLostGen

4、erationofthe1920s.Hefinishedfournovels:ThisSideofParadise,TheBeautifulandDamned,TheGreatGatsby(hismostfamous),andTenderIstheNight.Afifth,unfinishednovel,TheLoveoftheLastTycoon,waspublishedposthumously.Fitzgeraldalsowrotemanyshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouthandpromisealongwithageanddespair.Fitzgeral

5、dsfriendshipwithHemingwaywasquitevigorous第3页/共14页The wife of F.Scott FitzgeraldZelda FitzgeraldZelda Sayre at about 16,in dance costume第4页/共14页Attitudetowardsmoney:contradictoryandcomplexDoublevision:knowingitwellinside;seeingitironicallyoutsideSpecialexperience:familiarwithlifestyle,mentalstateandm

6、oralstandardsoftherichCriticaloftherichandshowingthedisintegratingeffectsofwealthontheemotionalmake-up第5页/共14页Major CharactersNickCarrawayatthestartoftheplot,anewlyarrivedresidentofWestEgg.Heservesasthefirst-personnarratorofthenovel.HeisGatsbysnext-doorneighborandabondsalesman.JayGatsbyLivesnexttoNi

7、ckinamansion;throwshugeparties,conpletewithcateredfood,openbars;peoplecomefromeverywheretoattendtheseparties,butnooneseemstoknowmuchaboutthehost.DaisyFayBuchananShallowgirlwhoistheemodimentofGatsbysdreams;shewasgoingtomarryGatsbybuthewentofftowar.第6页/共14页TomBuchananHuabandofDaisy;acruelmanwholivesli

8、feirresponsiblyJordanBakerAcynicalandconceitedwomanwhocheatsingolf;wantsNicktogooutwithher.MyrtleWilson-Tomhasanaffairwiththismarriedwoman,andthenabandonsherafterhebecomeboredwithher.GeorgeB.WilsonMytleshusband,thelifeless,exhaustedownerofarun-downautoshopattheedgeofthevalleyofashes.Major Characters

9、第7页/共14页FigurerelationshiptableFigurerelationshiptableNickneighborGatsbyWilsonDaisyTomMyrtlehusbandmistresswifemurderercousinex-lover第8页/共14页The plot of the novelGatsby is a poor youth from the Midwest.He falls in love with Daisy,a girl from a wealthy family.As a poor lad,Gatsby is too poor to marry

10、 her,so Daisy is married to a rich young man named Tom Buchanan.Datermined to win Daisy back,Gatsby engages himself in Bootlegging and other illegal activities,thus earns enough money to buy a magnificent mansion.第9页/共14页The plot of the novelThere he hosts dazzling parties every weenkend in the hope

11、 of attracting the Buchanans to come.By chance his next-door nerighbor,Nick Carraway,is Daisys relative and he helps Gatsby to make an appointment.They finally come and Gatsby meets Daisy again.But he finds Daisy is no longer the ideal love of his dream.第10页/共14页The plot of the novelA sense of loss

12、and disillusionment come over him.Daisy and Tom do not really love each other.In fact,Tom has a mistress by the name of Myrtle Wilson,who is the wife of the owner of a garage.One day Daisy quarrles with Tom and in a fit of anger she drives Gatsybys car and kills Myrtle in an accident.第11页/共14页The pl

13、ot of the novelIn order to protect themselves,Daisy and Tom plot to shift the blame to Gatsby,saying Gatsby has an affair with Myrtle and he kills her eventuanlly.Myrtles husband George Wilson breaks into Gatsbys house and shots him to death.The Buchanans escape,and the only two persons attending Gatsbys funeral are Nick and Gatsbys father,who reads the news in newspaper.第12页/共14页The Great Gatsbyhasresultedinanumberoffilmadaptations.The Great Gatsbyin2013,byBazLuhrmannstarringLeonardoDiCaprio,TobeyMaguire,CareyMulligan,andJoelEdgerton.第13页/共14页感谢您的观看！第14页/共14页