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四川师范大学文理学院本科毕业论文
AnAnalysisofDisillusionmentofAmericanDreaminTheGreatGatsby
论《了不起的盖茨比》中美国梦的破灭
学生姓名张燕
院系名称外国语学院
专业名称英语(师范)
班级2008级1班
学号200814025224
指导教师陈雪瑶(讲师)
答辩时间2012-4-15
Contents
Introduction 1
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’sBackground 2
’sMarriage 2
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PartIIAmericanDreamanditsDisillusionment 4
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’sAmericanDream 6
’sAmericanDream 7
,DaisyBuchananandJordanBaker’sAmericanDream 8
PartIIITheCauseofDisillusionmentofAmericanDream 9
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Conclusion 11
Bibliography 12

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Introduction
,’sinsanityandhisownself---calledJazzAge.
,1925,thestoryissetinLongIsland',anidealist,,(Gatsby)whose“incorruptibledream”is“smashedintopiecesbytherelentlessreality”(Fitzgerald,8).
Gatsby’,Gatsby’sintensityofdreamrepresentsastateofcommitmentwhichtakeshiminsearchofhispersonalgrail;Gatsby’sfailuremagnifiestoagreatextenttheendoftheAmericanDream.
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FrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldisoneofthemostoutstandingAmericanauthorsinthetwenties,andTheGreatGatsbyishisbestwork.
’sBackground
,Paulmiddle-,,heandZeldatraveledinEuropeandNewYork,actingouttheglamorouslife--calledJazzAge,settingapersonalaswellasliteraryexampleforagenerationwhosefirstcommandmentwas:’sinsanityandhisownself-.
’sMarriage
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TherelationshipbetweenFitzgeraldandZeldawentsodramaticthatevenhimselfoncesaid,“SometimesIdon’tknowwhetherZeldaandIarerealorwhetherwearecharactersinoneofmynovels”(Fitzgerald,1).
ZeldawasthedaughterofajudgeinMontgomery,Alabama,,’,.

TheRoaringTwentieswasaperiodofliterarycreativity,,,’:AllQuietontheWesternFrontbyErichMariaRemarquerecountsthehorrorsofWWIandalsothedeepdetachmentfromGermancivilianlifefeltbymanymenreturningfromthefront.
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PartⅡAmericanDreamanditsDisillusionment

BeforewetakealooktothecausesandeffectsofthedisillusionmentofAmericandream,let’sfirsttrytounderstandthedefinitionandcontentofAmericanDream.

Indifferentsocialandhistoricalbackgrounds,theconceptsofAmericanDreamaredifferent,andfordifferentpeople,-,AmericanDreamistheequality,,everyoneinAmerica,ifonlyworkhardandnevergiveup,hecouldachievehisdreamandcouldliveabetterlifeinthispieceofland,thatistosay,peopleshouldmaketheirefforts,suchasdiligence,courageanddeterminationtorealizedreamsratherthandependonthehelpfromothers.
,“TheAmericanDreamisthatdreamofalandinwhichlifeshouldbebetterandricherandfullerforeveryone,,,butadreamofsocialorderinwhicheachmanandeachwomanshallbeabletoattaintothefulleststatureofwhichtheyareinnatelycapable,andberecognizedbyothersforwhattheyare,regardlessofthefortuitouscircumsta
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ncesofbirthorposition.”Thisideologyisbaseditselfontheprinciplethatoneshouldberesponsibleforoneself,andtakingeveryopportunitytogainsuccessbycourageandhardworking.

AsfortheAmericanDream,:theUShasprovidedequalopportunitiesforeveryone;thesuccessbasedonowntalentsandefforts,notthebackgroundandextraction;everyonewasbornequally;andeveryonehashisownrighttoachievesuccess.
“ForanyAmericannomatterwhathisoriginwas,couldsucceedinchangingtheirsocialpositionsandmakingtheirdreamscometruethroughtheirownefforts,andgettingnew,freeandbetterlife.”(ZhaoHongwei,2)Thisisthebasicoftenof"Americandream".ItistheideathattheAmericanwayoflifeofferstheequalpossibilityofunlimitedeconomic,social,,16thPresidentoftheUS.  
Inbrief,themaincontentofAmericanculturewasemphasisonindividuals'value,optimistic,pursuingofdemocracyandfreedom,.

Inthisnovel,