题目（英文） Amercian Dream in Great Gatsby
题目（中文） 了不起的盖茨比中的美国梦
Abstract
Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most famous writer of the 20thcentury and his masterpiece The Great Gatsby is listed among the most famous 20thcentury American novels considering of its literature merits.The novel mainly tells a tragic story of Gatsby,a man who was humble and poor and eager to pursue the American Dream but finally sacrificed himself.Although Gatsby dreams of achieving material wealth and love through his courage and hard work, all kinds of external and internal factors lead to the disillusionment of his hope. Through the analysis of American Dream and the historical background of the novel, this thesis elaborates a vivid picture of the reasons leading to the disillusionment of American Dream in order to show the social significance of this work.
Keywords：American Dream Great Gatsby disillusionmen reason
Contents
Abstract I
Contents I
Introduction 2
1.American Dream 3
1.1The Definition Of American Dream 3
1.1.1 The Origin of American Dream 3
1.1.2 American Dream 4
2.American Dream And Its Disillusionment 5
2.1 The Establishment of Gatsby’s American Dream 5
2.1.1 Gatsby’s Dream of Wealth 5
2.1.2 Gatsby’s Dream Of High Scoial Position 6
2.1.3 Gatsby’s Dream Of Love 6
2.2 The Disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream 7
3.The Cause Of Disillusionment Of American dream 8
3.1 The Jazz Age And Roaring Twenties 8
3.2Social Environment And People Factors 9
4. CONCLUSION 10
References 11
