1、 普普 通通 本本 科科 毕毕 业业 论论 文文 题目：The Great Gatsby and the American Dream 盖茨比及其美国梦 学 院 外国语学院 摘要 了不起的盖茨比 是菲茨杰拉德的一部名著,通过对盖茨比的悲剧的描写 再现了美国 20 世纪 20 年代“迷惘一代”的美国梦的必然破灭。作品深刻反 映了社会现实,揭示了美国社会浮华背后的精神危机,揭露了生活在美国爵士 时代的不同阶层在金钱面前的不同表现和美国梦的必然破灭。主人公杰伊 盖茨比是美国梦的牺牲品, 他的一生充满了悲剧性的色彩,他的梦想的破灭 正是美国二十世纪前半期的写照, 他的这种梦想也是美国人当时心态的反 映
2、。盖茨比的执著追求归于毁灭, 有着其深刻的社会原因: 扭曲变质了的美 国梦、美国社会的道德和价值观念的沦丧和堕落。本文首先阐述了美国梦的 定义及演变，然后简介作者和作品的背景。第三部分细讲盖茨比的财富梦和 爱情梦。最后认为美国梦的破灭是必然的及其给世人的启迪。 关键词： 了不起的盖茨比;美国梦;财富梦;爱情梦 Abstract The Great Gatsby is one of Fitzgeralds masterpieces. The author vividly presents the doomed failure of the Lost Generation in the 1920s
3、 by describing the tragedy of Gatsby. The novel reflects the social reality, displays spiritual crisis behind the vanity, and reveals how the different strata in Americas Jazz Age regarded money and the bankruptcy of the American dream. Jay Gatsby is the victim of American dream and his life is full
4、 of tragedy. The wreckage of his dream is just the reflection of American life in the first half of the twentieth century. Gatsbys dream also reflects the state of mind of Americans at that time. There are several reasons for Gatsbys failure (from his pursuit of the dream to the destruction of his life): the corrupted American dream, the ruined moral and values in America. The paper firstly tells the definition and derivation of the American dream. Then it gives a brief intr
