文档介绍：An analysis of the main character- Gatsby in The Great Gatsby The historic background and a brief introduction of the content of the novel — The Great Gatsby By the 21st century, the United States of America became the leading one in the world ’s economy. By exploiting and squeezing, capitalists quickly burgeoned throughout the country. Billionaires, such as railway tycoon, steel tycoon, financial tycoon and etc, became the typical representatives of the age. In the times, capitalist economy got fully developed. No wonder the times have been called “ Gilded Times ” by historians. However, the basic contradiction between socialized manufacturing and private-owned material of production makes all the people under the capitalist system trapped in dilemma between wealth and living meaning. Some “ lucky ” ones get rich among mons. But wealth doesn ’t necessarily bring the meaning of living to them. The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald ’s favorite novel, also a most obvious sign that his thought and style became mature. With strict designing of structure and special narrator, Fitzgerald expressed the motif of the disillusion of“ American Dream ”. By the standard of both art and profundity, the novel is the best works of Fitzgerald. Gatsby ’s personality As Fitzgerald ’s favorite figure, Gatsby had the similar experiences and mental state, and their dreams were different from mons. Gatsby n