Analysis of Daisy in The Great Gatsby as the symbolization of the
American Dream
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Chinese Name:张诗雨
摘要：《了不起的盖茨》比作为迷失一代的代表作，是描写“美国梦”最为成功的作品之一。本文通过比较黛西的人物形象以及20世纪初期美国“爵士”时代“美国梦”的特点，最终得出黛西正是当时“美国梦”的象征。
Abstract:The great Gatsby as the Representative of the lost generation, is one of the most successful works that describe the "American Dream". Through the comparison of Daisy's characters and early 20th century American "Jazz Age" American Dream "characteristics, wecan finally conclude that Daisy is emblematic of the" American Dream ".
1.Introduction
Francis Scott Fitzgerald, an outstanding novelist in 20th century literary, is called therepresentative writer of "Lost Generation" and is undoubtedly his masterpiece.Yet the exact role which Daisy plays in Gatsby's American Dream isstill subject to argument. People discuss Daisy from different theories such as feminism and Commodification.
However, personally, we can considerDaisy as the symbolization of Gatsby’s distorted “American dream”. Daisy will notapplaud to Gatsby’s efforts but only worship his extravagance and vanity, just like the degeneration of the American dream which does not emphasize the pursuit of dreams and simply praise those who look glamorous success.The impractical dream leads to an eager for quick success and instant benefit, and charactersare extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire. However,when they realize that their so-called dream has already been out of their original intention, what they get is glossy shell without any substantive content.This essay compares the dual personality of Daisy and the disillusionment of the American dream to unscramble and understand the root of Gatsby's tragedy is the misinterpretation of dream.
2.The Disillusion of American Dream
2.1 The origin of American dream
The idea of the American dream is evoked earlier then the foundation of America byEuropean immigrants who had all sorts of hopes and aspirations for what was a new and largelyunexplored continent. Considering themselvesas “people electedby the God”,they tend to be hardworking, thrifty and successful. Thisreligious faith provided not only tremendous spiritual energy for the exploiture of theNew England colonies, but also profound influence on the national awareness andculture of the whole America.In the evolution of American dream, there rose up models of success,
who wasnobody at the beginning and somebody at last, who strengthened the belief of theAmerican dream in people's hearts rather than minds, who seemed to prove wherethere was a dream there was a way. Among whom Benjamin Franklin was the typical successful well-known self-made men.In the end of the novel we know that Gatsby took Franklin as his model and followed exactly what he did.
2.2 The distortion of Gatsby’s American dream
Gatsby was born in poor family, but sincehe was a child he held his big American dreamthat through his own personal strive to change his destiny, togain wealth, success and live a happy life. He made a detailed routine according to thebehavior of Franklin to help his own self-improvement. From the schedule, a juvenilewho was pursuing his dream is fighting against all the difficulties with his effort andstrong will. Just like Franklin’s list of thirteenvirtues, several of the “General Determinations”listed on the list of Gatsby’s schedule are very similar such as no more smoking，reading one improving book or magazine per week, be better to parents ,saving $5 .00 to $3 .00 per week.He didn't realize and feel upset about how much trouble facing him then.
If he follows his routine he can actually achieve his goals by his own. But when Gatsby is eighteen years old, with no aim forlife and the starvation of the success, he took the shortcut which changedhis life.DanCody,a s Gatsby’s first educator, initiates the desire for AmericanDr eam in the young Gatsby’s heartand is also a live idol of the American dreamin Gatsby’s world. Then Gatsby is employed by him and later inherits a legacy oftwenty-five thousand dollars from him. And Gatsby use the money to sell bootleg liquor and extort in the stock market. After years of diligent work, Gatsby at lastachieves the financial success and owns both wealth and power.But in the end, Gatsbyis shot dead.
Gatsby lives in the 1920s Jazz Agewhen the old standard has gone, and most of the people in that age aremoney-worshippers.They no longer want to follow the Puritanism doctrines and thepreaching in the Bible. They are drinking and gambling,attempting all ways to purchasepleasure. According to Fitzgerald, the“Jazz Age”means sex, then dancing and thenmusic.
3.The Dual personality of Daisy
Youth and beauty is the symbol of daisy, she is glorious with charming appearance, beautiful eyes and attractive voice. Her voice is often intoxicated and Daisy became lady in Gatsby's heart even becomeshis passionate holy goddess. In the eyes of most people, Daisy is also a passionate and vibrant woman with a magic charm. For example whenhaving dine with Nick, Daisy consider Nick as a rose, although Nick always nonsense, but Daisy is always full of enthusiasm when Nick speaks. Superficially, Daisy is gentle, romantic, passionate, but under the appearance she is bored and empty cold.She is indifferent even to her child, daughter like her a doll, wants to play at any time to fetch it. Even when the car hitsMyrtle, Daisydoes not stop her car but accelerate forward, not a bit of regret afterwards. This just shows consistent boredom and be cynical about life reflects Daisy an egoist.
In Daisy's artificial world, there was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerfulsnobbery and orchestras that set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness andsuggestive of life in new tunes. All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment ofthe Beale Street Blues while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled theshining dust. At the gray tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly withthis low, sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by thesad horns around the floor (Fitzgerald, 1950: 143).
Through this twilight universe, Daisy was a representation of the old aristocracy,which possessed grace, taste, subtlety, and elegance. However, it seemed to lack in heart.Daisy was so used to money's ability to ease her mind that she never worried about hurtingothers. Just because of her cold-heartedness, fickleness and selfishness, Daisy led a dulllife day and night. Obviously, by marrying the wealthy husband Tom, Daisy could lead aneasy life free from time-consuming duties, responsibilities, or activities. She had nothingelse to do all the day excepted just sitting there motionlessly to keep her graceful positionas hostess and wasted the time of her own will.
4.Daisy is the symbolization of the American Dream
From what is written above, we can come to the conclusion that Daisyis the emblem of the status and wealth and also the specific embodiment of his American Dream. In the novel, Daisy is a woman who was born in a rich family, living a luxuriouslife of the upper class while Gatsby is a son of a farmer without any fortune orbackground. Except for the first "nice" girl he had ever known, Gatsby had come incontact with such people in various unrevealed capacities, but always withindiscernible barbed wire between. Thoughthe author doesn't express “indiscernible barbed wire”explicitly, we can conclude from the novel that it is thegap between the rich and the poor, the upper class and the common, not only the gapof fortune but also sense of nobility. Drawing lessons from the past and to break this"indiscernible barbed wire," Gatsby plays some tricks.Though he finally getshis dreaming Daisy he loses his valuable treasure.
Daisy’s characters, to some extends, identify the upper class’s features such as pure appearance and hollow hearts attractive outside and vanity inside. In The Great Gatsby，the most impressive was not Daisy's face, but her voice.Although Nick who heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people leantoward her, this irrelevant criticism made it no less charming. Her voice was mentionedmore than a dozen times in the novel.
When Daisy began to ask Nick questions in her low, thrilling voice, Nick felt it wasthe kind of voice that made the ear follow up and down, as if each speech was anarrangement of notes that would never be played again:
"Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who caredfor her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered `Listen', promised that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that therewere gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour" (Fitzgerald, 1950: 14-15).
When Daisy spoke, Nick felt "her voice glowing and singing, compelled me forwardbreathlessly." "As if Tom's absence quickened something within her, Daisy learnedforward again, her voice glowing and singing." (Fitzgerald, 1950: 19) This "singing voice"alluded to nothing but for seduction and fatal to the sailors on the sea. She lured Gatsby just like the “American dream”to the young people who have dreams.
5.Conclusion
The Great Gatsby, a masterpiece by F. Scott Fitzgerald, attracted so much attentionthat various critical studies have been made upon it from different angles. Most critics paymuch attention to the exploration of the tragic life of male characters and the destruction of the American Dream. Only a few essays have analyzed on the women in the text. Womencharacters in this novel are always neglected or mentioned in passing. In this thesis,attention is principally focused on the perspective of women.
This essay compares the dual personality of Daisy and the disillusionment of the American dream to unscramble and understand the root of Gatsby's tragedy is the misinterpretation of dream.
By rereading of the text, we find The Great Gatsby is undoubtedly a great novel thatcan arouse a resonant feeling for it is not simply an unfulfilled romance of a man namedGatsby, but a story of wonder, power and devotion, dream and history.
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World Literature Studies 世界文学研究, 2018, 6(3), 114-118 Published Online September 2018 in Hans. https://www.doczj.com/doc/8b6873186.html,/journal/wls https://https://www.doczj.com/doc/8b6873186.html,/10.12677/wls.2018.63017 Symbolic Meanings of Green in The Great Gatsby Junlan Ming School of Humanities, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing Received: Aug. 9th, 2018; accepted: Aug. 22nd, 2018; published: Aug. 29th, 2018 Abstract F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous masterpiece The Great Gatsby, written in 1925, is a good depiction of the “Jazz Age”. The novel applies various colors, especially green, which runs through the whole novel. The color of green in this novel implies a lot, reflecting different lights from different aspects. Keywords Green, Symbolic Meaning, Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》中绿色的象征内涵 明俊兰 北京邮电大学人文学院，北京 收稿日期：2018年8月9日；录用日期：2018年8月22日；发布日期：2018年8月29日 摘要 弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德生活在“爵士时代”，是20世纪20年代“迷惘的一代”的代表。他被视为美国历史上这一特殊时代的代言人。他的杰作《了不起的盖茨比》写于1925年，这部作品很好地描绘了“爵士时代”。小说运用了各种颜色，特别是绿色贯穿了整个小说。这部小说中的绿色有很多象征意义，从不同的角度反映了不同的涵义。 关键词 绿色，象征意义，盖茨比
II. What American values does the movie The Pursuit of Happiness reflect? And what is your understanding about the American Dream and Chinese Dream? Answer: Through the movie, The Pursuit of Happiness expressed the main American cultural values, and the core value--individualism--it proposals self-hardworking and diligence to change one’s life letting them become the protagonists of their own life. The individualism has emphasized the American as a self-reliant, self-dependent individual, controlling his own life, and being responsible for anything he does. And the orientation to action which is the key point of Americans, effort, optimism, motivation and measurable achievement are also presented in the movie. As far as I am concerned, American Dream means "Life should be better, richer and fuller, with opportunity for each one". And it varies with the change of epoch. Nowadays, people are looking toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gains and more emphasis on living a simple and fulfilling life. In a word, the American Dream is the pursuit of democracy, liberty, equality and happiness. Chinese people used to pursue their dreams in US years ago, of course, it is still going on--travel across Pacific Ocean and come to US. But now, most people from other countries begin to pursue their dreams in China.The common people’s Chinese dreams may includes a big house, an expensive car, a big fortune, a happy marriage, a harmonious family and traveling around the world while the big Chinese dreams perhaps refers to super power, a stable society and continuous development in economy. It is obvious that the important reasons why American and Chinese Dreams are induced is triggered by social changes and economic factors. Whether you refer to the phenomenon as an American Dream or Chinese Dream, its meaning is enriched by social, political, and economic developments. From the initial pursuit of freedom, to the pursuit of material satisfaction, resulting in being successful in the eyes of others, the American Dream and the Chinese Dream are essentially different means that achieve the same end.
浅析破碎的美国梦 ——以《美国悲剧》为例 2008212859 中文0806 罗莹 摘要：美国梦源于英国对美国的殖民时期, 发展于19 世纪。它认为每一个人, 不管他的出身如何, 只要努力奋斗, 就一定会获得成功。然而现实是残酷的, 许多人并不能实现他们的/美国梦，有的人甚至以死亡结局。德莱塞在《美国悲剧》这一作品中，大胆真实地揭开了美国资本主义制度的丑恶面纱,指出它就是酿成克莱德悲剧的根源，并指出了美国悲剧的普遍性。 关键词：美国梦美国悲剧德莱塞克莱德 美国文学仅仅经历了200多年的历史，而在这短短200多年的历史中，美国梦主题一直作为一个常见的主题贯穿其中。所谓的“美国梦”即为憧憬着一个新的世界，有着无限的机遇，希望“机会均等”，希望获得成功；甚至在物质追求和理想追求之间划上等号，将财富和成功作为人生目标。在美国的很多文学作品中，主人公都是怀揣着五光十色的梦想踏上追梦之旅，最终却以梦想的幻灭收场。斯蒂芬·克雷恩的《妓女麦基》、菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》和德塞莱的《嘉莉妹妹》等代表性作品，进一步揭露了美国梦的实质,，促使人们意识到美国并不是梦境中的天堂。这些小说的主人公都以死亡告终, 小说同时从不同的历史时期和角度揭示了美国梦的腐朽和破灭。美国梦这个主题在小说中也是不断发展变化的, 但是最终都脱离不了灭亡的结局。本文以德莱塞的《美国悲剧》为例，解读美国梦的形成、扭曲、破灭及其实质。 一、美国梦的缘起 美国思想家富兰克林以自己怀揣一元钱，独闯天下艰苦创业的成功经历阐释了美国文学中从破衣烂衫到腰缠万贯的美国梦的实现。美国梦的实现也是富兰克林《自传》中一贯的主题,表现了美国建国初期发愤图强, 是乐观向上的美国人的象征。而美国梦也一直被视为美国人的精神支柱之一，它的形成也有其独特的历史背景。 1776 年, 托马斯·杰弗逊就在《独立宣言》中写到：人生来是平等的, 造物主赋予他们不可剥夺的权利,其中包括生活、自由和追求幸福的权利, 为美国梦的实现奠定了理论依据。1789 年, 美国人摆脱了英国, 赢得了独立。对于移民来说当时的美国是一个繁荣似锦的自由国度, 生机勃勃, 充满幻想。1848年加州的淘金热, 引发了大规模的西进运动, 对开发美国西部起到了巨大的作用。美国梦进一步发展, 而且非常流行, 每个人都梦想着发财, 相信只要努力工作, 每个人都有机会成功, 甚至一个连鞋子也没有的穷光蛋也可能成为一个百万富翁。 正是受这样思想的驱使，《美国悲剧》中的主人公克莱德试图挖掘通往富贵之路的每一条途径。借助自己漂亮的外表,和几分巴结逢迎的本领，他费尽心机的巴结素未蒙面的有钱伯父，向富家小姐献媚，幻想能借助和资本家女儿桑特拉的婚姻使自己拥有金钱地位，进而跻身上流社会。 二、美国梦的扭曲 然而，美国梦的道路并没有想期待中的那样顺利。 南北战争前后，美国开始了工业化，大量的农村人口涌入城市，希望凭借自己的勤奋和
毕业论文文献综述 题目：论《了不起的盖茨比》美国梦的破灭 专业班级：汉语言 一、前言部分（说明写作的目的，介绍有关概念，扼要说明有关主题争论焦点）作者简介：菲茨杰拉德： 司科特·菲茨杰拉德(F·Scott Fitzgerald，1896—1940)在美国文坛占据着重要的位置：他是“迷惘的一代”的代表作家，是“爵士时代”的桂冠诗人。菲茨杰拉德的一生及其作品都充分说明，他是美国“爵士时代”的代言人，是美国20世纪2O年代最具代表性的作家，他有成功与辉煌的一面，又有苦涩和失意的一面，曾被称为“失败的权威”。他的生命交织着雄心和现实、成功和失败、得意和潦倒、纵情和颓丧、爱情和痛苦、美国文明和欧洲文明的矛盾、东部和西部的冲突、梦想和幻灭……这一切都在他的小说里表现得淋漓尽致，而其中最有代表性的便是《了不起的盖茨比》，美国诗人与文学批评家艾略特称这部作品是“自詹姆斯以来美国小说迈出的第一步”。《了不起的盖茨比》以精妙的构思、细腻的笔触、完美的形式描写了出身贫寒的盖茨比痴心不改地追求因“贫富差距”而未能“终成眷属”的情人，却以失败身亡而告终的悲惨爱情故事，揭示了“美国梦”必定破灭的规律，生动地再现了“爵士时代”残酷、冷漠、自私、无情的社会现实。 美国梦的简介以及和作品的联系： 美国梦始于对美洲大陆的开发，它是对梦想的追求，对未来抱有乐观主义的态度。但是随着时间的推移，美国梦失去了它的原始意义，一些新的想法出现，它成为人们追求物欲的一个借口。为了达到个人的目的不惜使用一切卑劣和肮脏的手段，整个社会充满了浮躁和绝望，《了不起的盖茨比》就是在这样的社会情况下产生的。 二十世纪二十年代的美国经历了表面的经济繁荣，其背后其实隐藏着巨大的经济危机，经济的表面繁荣和商业的发展使人们的美国梦遭到扭曲，他们认为金
An Analysis of the Image of Gatsby in the Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》中主人公盖茨比形象浅析 Major: English 专业：英语 Author: 作者： 指导教师：曹晓玲 University: Eastern Liaoning University 学位授予单位：辽东学院 Time: June, 2014 完成时间：2014年6月 辽东学院本科毕业论文原创性声明 本人郑重声明：此处所提交的本科毕业论文《<了不起的盖茨比>中主人公人物形象浅析》是本人在导师指导下，在辽东学院外语学院学习期间独立进行研究所取得的成果。据本人所知，论文中除已注明部分外不包含他人已发表或撰写过的研究成果，对本文的研究工作做出重要贡献的个人和集体均已注明。本声明的法律结果与导师无关，将完全由本人承担。 作者签名：日期：年月日 辽东学院本科毕业论文（设计）版权使用授权书 本论文作者及指导教师完全了解“辽东学院论文版权使用规定”，同意辽东学院保留并向国家有关部门或机构送交毕业论文的复印件和电子版，允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权辽东学院可以将本学位论文的全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索，也可采用影印、缩印或扫描等复制手段保存和汇编毕业论文。 作者签名： 导师签名： 年月
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Upon the completion of this paper, An Analysis of the Image of Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, I am grateful to the professor who offers my sincere encouragement and generous support during the course of my study for the Bachelor’s degree. First and foremost I am deeply indebted to my supervisor, Mrs. Cao Xiaoling, who guided me with academic expertise, critical insights throughout each stage of my study and initiated me into my research. Her instruction enabled me to express my idea in a better way. Without her patient and insightful supervision, this paper would not be possible. What’s more, I also extend my heart-felt thanks to my classmates and friends, for their valuable guidance and sincere help. Last but not least, I would like to express thanks to my parents, for their encouragement and support.
中国梦与美国梦的差别 读到一篇解释中国梦与美国梦不同的文章，其中提到，二者的不同是“是价值观上的差别”，“要中华民族复兴，中国梦就必然奉行集体价值，以集体主义为哲学基础，追求的是集体的整体利益；相反，美国梦奉行个人价值，以个人主义为哲学基础，追求的是个人的物质利益。也就是说，中国梦有着家国情怀的特征，而美国梦则更多个人奋斗的色彩。”这种看法似乎正在成为理解眼下“中国梦”的基调。 德国神学家，被称为德国教会良知的反纳粹宗教人士潘霍华（Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945）说过，“人们在比较自己与从别人那里学到的东西时，特别容易高估自己的成就。”美国梦真的只是追求个人的物质利益吗？真的就没有与共同体有关的“情怀”？ “美国梦”最早由历史学家亚当斯（James Truslow Adams）在《美国史诗》(The Epic of America，1931)中提出，成为一个流行的说法。他写道，“上个世纪，那个将千百万人从别的国家吸引到我们国家来的美国梦，并不仅仅是由于物质的丰富（尽管这也非常重要），而是要远远超过这个。这是一个让每个人都能充分得到发展的梦，这个梦要摧毁的是那些在老旧世界中竖起的壁垒，……要颠覆的是那些只是为某些阶级自私利益服务的社会秩序。”美国是一个移民的国家，千千万万人从“老旧世界”到美国这个“新世界”来追寻他们在自己“祖国”不能实现的希望。每个国家都有可能的梦想机会，但只有美国才是给外来者提供梦想机会的国家，在这个意义上说，美国梦是很难在其他国家复制的。 美国吸引许多别的国家人们来寻梦和圆梦，首先是因为它拥有许多人向往的民主制度和自由、平等价值观。例如，德意志1848年革命在军事镇压下失败，数千名中产阶级的自由主义者被迫逃走，大多去了美国。对这个没有贵族特权等级，没有专制政府权力的国家，其中一位如此写道，“德国移民来到一个新的国家，那里没有专制权力，没有建立在垄断、苛捐杂税上的特权秩序，没有对信仰和良心的钳制。每个人都可以自由地到处旅行、定居。不需要身份证，没有警察来干涉他的私事或监视他的行踪。……任何人只要尽职和能干，就能得到荣誉。穷人和富人都是平等的，学者一点也不比最贫寒的工匠身份高。随便干哪一行都不用觉得丢人。……拥有财富和房产的人，一点也不比最穷的公民拥有更多的政治权利。没有贵族，没有特权阶级，没有军队在肉体和精神上镇压人民，没有大批不干事的官僚吮吸人民的血汗。更重要的是，没有君主和腐败的法庭，……在这样的国家里，一个人只要有才能，精力旺盛，坚韧不拔，就能得到远远超过在君主制国家里的机会”。 并非每一个到美国来寻梦和圆梦的人都能成功地如愿以偿，但美国梦却一直还是一种有力的召唤力量，为什么是这样呢？亚当斯解释说，那是因为美国梦代表的是一种关于社会秩序的公正理想，“一直就有这样一个美国梦：在这片土地上，每个人的生活都可以变得更好，更富足，每个人都能以他的努力和成就找到自己的机会。欧洲的上层阶级很难恰当地理解这个梦，而我们当中也有很多人厌倦了或不再信任这个梦。这不只是一个关于汽车、房子或高工资的梦，而且是一个关于社会秩序的梦。在这个社会秩序里，每个男人和女人都凭借自己的内在能力得到最大的尊重，不论出身是贫贱还是富贵，可以一样受到他人的承认。”
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苏州大学应用技术学院 2009级学士学位论文 A Study of Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby 《了不起的盖茨比》中颜色象征意义研究 专业：09英语 学号：0916411014 姓名：周丽莎 导师：张荣兴 2012.12.23
Acknowledgements The thesis would probably have never been possible without the help, support, foresight and inspiration of my supervisor, teachers and classmates, so I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of them. My deepest gratitude goes first to my supervisor, Mr. Zhang Rongxing, who has contributed to getting the nuts and bolts of the thesis into place. His careful and microscopic scrutiny of the manuscript resulted in the elimination of many inconsistencies and in the development of the study throughout the thesis. His witty ideas and valuable advice brought me a new way of learning and different vision of the research. What’s m ore, my thanks go to my parents and friends who give me support and encouragement.
The Great Gatsby F.Scott.Fitzgerald . Character List Daisy Buchanan - Nick’s cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, Daisy was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite, Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity. Daisy Buchanan (In-Depth Analysis) Tom Buchanan - Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation. Jordan Baker - Daisy’s friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the “new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth. Myrtle Wilson - Tom’s lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire. Analysis of Major Characters Daisy Buchanan Partially based on Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda, Daisy is a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. As a young debutante in Louisville, Daisy was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home, including Jay Gatsby. Gatsby lied about his background to Daisy, claiming to be from a wealthy family in order to convince her that he was worthy of her. Eventually, Gatsby won Daisy’s heart, and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, but in 1919 she chose instead to marry Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents. After 1919, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, making her the single goal of all of his dreams and the main motivation behind his acquisition of immense wealth through criminal activity. To Gatsby, Daisy represents the paragon of perfection—she has the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and aristocracy that he longed for as a child in North Dakota and that first attracted him to her. In reality, however, Daisy falls far short of Gatsby’s ideals. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money. Daisy proves her real nature when she chooses Tom over Gatsby in Chapter VII, then allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving
American Dream and Chinese Dream America is one of the most powerful countries in the world. Its economy is developing rapidly. All the people are seeking to freedom, equality and happiness. On the land, people have American Dream, for this dream，they are working hard and Struggling. What’s more, American Dream inspires millions of people from home and abroad to America, for achieving the American Dream. As is known to us, American Dream is the idea that life should be better, richer and fuller, with opportunity for each one. First of all, history about American Dream .America Dream began in the discovery of North America, it was due to opening of the sea lanes and discovery of the new continent, so there were great number of settlers and immigrants poured into the United States of America, they offered premise condition to American culture. It was formed on the" Declaration of independence" and" the United States Constitution" formulation and everybody had equal rights became the mainstream ideology. It was developed in the rise of capitalism. What’s more, Westward Movement promoted American Dream to zenith and it became the United States National Spirit. In addition, people about American Dream. We will never forget Andrew Carnegie, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr and Obama and so on. They are very great, because they made great contributions to American Dream. However, what is the American Dream today? It is including space exploration, economic globalization and three leading ways to instant wealth.
《了不起的盖茨比》中折射出的“美国梦”的破灭 摘要：《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗?司各特?菲茨杰拉德的代表作之一。该小说篇幅不长，却生动地再现了美国20世纪“爵士乐时代”的社会风貌和时代精神，将象征的手法运用得淋漓尽致。菲茨杰拉德刻画出的主人公盖茨比这一形象无疑是20世纪20年代“美国梦”的幻灭的写照。 关键词：美国梦迷惘的一代《了不起的盖茨比》 1.引言 “迷惘的一代”是第一次世界大战到第二次世界大战期间出现的美国一类作家的总称。她们共同表现出的是对美国社会发展的一种失望和不满。他们的传统价值观念完全不适合战后的世界：美国在第一次大战中得到极大的发展，战后又在短暂的衰退后持续增长，达到空前繁荣。然而，他们又完全找不到新的生活准则，他们的精神世界放荡不羁而又苦闷彷徨。菲茨杰拉德被人们誉为“爵士时代”的桂冠诗人，《了不起的盖茨比》被公认为是他最优秀的作品。 2.虚幻的“美国梦” 所谓的“美国梦”指的是只要经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获得更好的生活，亦即人们必须通过自己的勤奋、勇气、创意和决心迈向繁荣，而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援
助。这激励着世世代代的美国人奋发向上及世界各地无数怀揣梦想的年轻人历经千辛万苦来到这片土地创造自己的价值。总而言之，当时的美国梦的实质是获得物质方面的成功，但是这种物质上的成功有其独有的道德基础，即它的最终目的是使人成为被上帝选择的少数人。许多清教徒的确在追寻物质方面取得成功，但他们不仅仅是在追求物质财富，更重要的是他们通过自己的努力最终被上帝选中，被送入天堂，而不是被送入地狱。并且，获取财富的手段必须在道德准许的范围内。 在《了不起的盖茨比》一书中，美国已经进入资本主义阶段，西进运动已经成了遥远的过去。西部已再无土地可供开发和征服。社会环境的改变和物质资料的匮乏使富兰克林的先驱精神成为不再适合于一个发展中工业国家的精神准则。战后的美国经济空前繁荣，传统的道德、传统的理想、传统的宗教信念区域瓦解，及时行乐追求享受成了一种生活时尚；美国梦成了追求物质享受的代名词。在那个物欲横流的社会中，资本主义工业以惊人的速度发展，加剧贫富分化，资本家们积累大量财富。在这样的社会中，一个人如果想要通过勤劳与智慧获得成功，就是一个梦，一个永远不可能实现的梦。 3.盖茨比的美国梦 在《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的家境并不富裕。在