A Brief Analysis of the Controversial Senses of
F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby
Abstract
This paper mainly analyzes the author’s controversial senses reflected on the two main characters in The Great Gatsby: Gatsby’s controversial senses on his relation with wealth and on his romantic and tragic love as well as Nick’s yearning and rejected heart to the life in New York and his conflicting attitudes to the loss of morality. What caused the author’s inner conflicts is analyzed through the two characters from the aspects of their family, life and the environment. The complicated feelings and ideas of the author are shown through the analysis. In the end, the paper touches the core of Fitzgerald’s controversial senses, that is, the fact that he found his own spiritual emptiness.
Key words: analysis; controversial senses; impact; spiritual emptiness
A Brief Analysis of the Controversial Senses of F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby
Outline
Thesis Statement: The controversial senses, reflected on the two main characters in The Great Gatsby, show the complicated feelings and ideas of the author. It is because of the author’s family, life experience and social environment that his controversial senses are formed.
I. A Brief Introduction
A. The Author and His Literature Creation
B. The Story of The Great Gatsby
II. The Controversial Senses Reflected on Nick and the Author’s Introspection of Them
A. The Yearning for and Rejected Heart to the Life in New York
B. The Objective and Critical Attitudes to the Loss of Morality
III. The Controversial Senses Reflected on Gatsby and the Author’s Introspection of Them
A. Gatsby’s Relationship with Money: Agreed and Opposed
B. Gatsby’s Love: Romantic and Tragic
IV. Reasons Causing the Author’s Controversial Senses and the Significant Meanings of These Senses to Him
A. Influences from the Author’s Family
B. Influences from Author’s Life and Environment
V. Conclusion
