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Chapter1Gatsby'sAmericanDreamandItsDistortion
1.1WhatistheAmericanDream
1.2Gatsby'sAmericanDreaminDifferentPhases
Chapter2DisillusionmentofGatsby'sDistortedDream
2.1Gatsby'sEffortsinAchievingHisAmericanDream
2.2Gatsby'sDisillusionment
Chapter3NewInterpretationofGatsby'sAmericanDream
3.1TheExternalFactorsoftheDisillusionment
3.1.1TheHierarchySystem
3.1.2TheJazzAge
3.2TheInternalFactorsoftheDisillusionment
3.3TheEssentialFactoroftheDisillusionment
3.4SomeHypotheses
3.5TheAmericanDreaminthePresentAge
Conclusion
Thisconclusion
F.ScottFitzgerald'sTheGreatGatsbyisanovelthatdealswithAmericandreamtoagreatextent.Inarelativelyshortnovelofninechapters,FitzgeraldtellsthetragicstoryofJayGatsby'squestfortherichandshallowDaisy.Throughthefirst-personnarrator,NickCarraway,theemptinessofthematerialisticAmericandreamisrevealedandthenovelultimatelymanifeststhefailureofthisAmericandream.
TheAmericandreamconcernspoliticsasin“TheDeclarationofIndependence”,militaryaffairsasintheparticipationofAmericaintheWorldWarⅠ,economyasaboutthematterofmaterialsuccess,moralconventionsasaboutspiritualgoodnessandreligiousfreedom,literatureasreflectedinnovels,sportsasintheprinciple“competingfairly,openlyandaboveboard”,aestheticsasintheappreciationofthebeautyofhappiness,andmanyotherfields.Itcomesfromtheoldcolonist'stime,throughtheWestwardExpansion,theIndependenceWar,theCivilWar,twoworldwars,tothepresenthighlydevelopedsocietyandgoesonforever.Itisamethodofcommunicationinthewaythatsuccessisusedtoshowoffandthattheinvisibleuntouchableinnervirtuesandabilitiesaretobeprovedtothesocietyintheformofvisiblesuccess.Itisahistoryofstruggleinthesensethatpeopletakeeffortstomakewhatissaidandwhatisdonemeet.Itistheemotionalandpsychologicalgrowthofindividualsaswellasmaterialandspiritualgrowthofthenation.
TheGreatGatsbynotonlyexpressesthethemeofthedisillusionedmaterialisticAmericandream,italsoconstantlyurgedthesocietytoseekanewculturalinsightoutlet---thespiritualAmericandream,whichundoubtedlyprovidesapatchtomendthealreadydistortedandimperfectAmericandreamculture.Sothepointistofindabalancebetweenthespiritualandthematerial.Wehaveexperiencedandwillexperiencealotofadventuresorfrustrationsinourlife,weconstantlyfacedifferenttemptationsandmoralshortcuts,sometimeswemayevenvacillate,butwhatmakesuspersistandkeepstrivingistherightvaluesandsolidfaiths,thusbringingusspiritualliberationandinnerfreedomtoliveahappylife.Thatisthepowerofdream.
TheroaringtwentiesoftheUnitedStatesistheidealsettingforGatsby'sstory,butitisonlythesetting.Thestoryitselfisasgreatasever.Tosomedegree,theAmericandreaminthisstoryissublimedtoauniversalsensewhichbreaksthelimitationoftimeandspace.SoanyresearchonthenovelanditsprofoundmeaningoftheAmericandreamwillneverbeoutdated.