《了不起的盖茨比》学士学位论文

本 科 生 毕 业 设 计 (论 文)

题目：A Contrastive Analysis of the Greatness of Gatsby and

the Meanness of His Foils in The Great Gatsby

教学单位 外国语学院__ _ ________ 姓 名 _朱兴春 ________ 学 号 _200730701142___________ 年 级 2007级 ________ 专 业 英语 _______ 指导教师 文培红__________________ 职 称 _副教授_________________

2011年 5 月 14日

Abstract: The scholars have already done some researches on the book The Great Gatsby which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, such as the writing styles of the author in the book, symbolism and metaphor, the failure of the “American dream”, the analysis of the protagonist —Gatsby— the representative of hero and Daisy’s and other women’s selfish and mental emptiness. On the basis of these, it revealed the failure of the “American Dream” people had in that times when they paid more attention to the materialistic hedonism but spiritual void by analyzing the characters such as Gatsby, Daisy and Tom. Therefore, Gatsby’s “American Dream” —Daisy— was doomed to failure. However, he was great because he speared no efforts to make his dream come true.

摘要：学者们已经对《了不起的盖茨比》中作者的写作手法——象征及比喻、“美国梦”在现实中的幻灭、盖茨比的人物分析——英雄主义的代表、以及故事中黛西等女性角色空虚自私的生活等分析与评论。因此，在这基础上，通过对盖茨比与黛西、汤姆为代表的上层人物进行逐个分析，从反面揭示出以黛西、汤姆为代表的重商主义者在美国现实社会下对物质的追求与享乐但精神空虚如同行尸走肉般的人们注定了像盖茨比一类人的“美国梦”的破灭。因此，盖茨比的“美国梦”——黛西——注定是失败的，但是他为了实现自己的梦想不断奋斗的精神是了不起的。

Key Word: greatness Gatsby meanness of the foils American Dream 关键词：了不起

盖茨比 大众的粗恶 美国梦

Contents

Abstract…………………………………………………………………………….I 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………….......1 2 The author’s experiences and the social background ………………………......1 2.1 The author’s experiences………………………………………………...1 2.2 The social background…………………………………………………...3 3 The analysis of Gatsby’s greatness……………………………………………...4 3.1. Gatsby’s courage and persistence……………………………………….4 3.2 Gatsby’s kindness and generosity………………………………………..6 3.3 Gatsby’s sacrifice, filial piety and self-discipline ……. ………. …….. ..6

4 The analysis of Daisy’s and Tom’s meanness…………………………………..7

4.1 The analysis of Daisy……………………………………………………..7 4.1.1 Daisy’s beauty and her attractive voice…………………………....7 4.1.2 Daisy’s apathy, indifferent, and selfish…………………………….7 4.1.3 Daisy’s desire for material and money, and her empty spirit………8 4.2 The analysis of Tom……………………………………………………...8 4.2.1 Tom’s cruelty and crudity…………………………………………..8 4.2.2 Tom’s selfishness and his awareness of his status and possessions..9 5 The description of the follies………………………………………………….. 9 6 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….. 10 References ……………………………………………………………………… 12

Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………..13