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1、The Great Gatsby,Contents,Major Characters,A,Plots,B,Themes&Symbols,C,Nick Carraway,?,A Yale graduate originating from the Midwest,?,A World War I veteran,?,At the start of the plot,a newly arrived resident,of West Egg,who is aged 29(later 30).,?,He is Gatsbys next-door neighbor and a,salesman.,?,He

2、 is easy-going,occasionally sarcastic,and,somewhat optimistic,although this latter quality,fades as the novel progresses.,Nick Carraway,?,He also serves as the first-person narrator of the novel.,?,Nick is a reliable narrator.He does not make quick,judgement,and thus is able to gain access to“many,c

3、urious natures”and become“privy”to unsought,confidences.(p218),?,Nick has contact with all of the three groups in the,world of Gatsby.,Jay Gatsby,?,A young,mysterious millionaire with shady,business connections(later revealed to be a,bootlegger),originally from North Dakota.,?,He is obsessed with Da

4、isy Buchanan,whom he had,met when he was a young military officer stationed,at the Armys Camp Taylor in Louisville during,World War I.,?,Idealistic and naive,Daisy Fay Buchanan,?,An attractive,effervescent,shallow and self-,absorbed young Louisville,Kentucky,debutante and socialite,identified as a,f

5、lapper,.,?,She is Nicks second cousin,once removed,and the wife of Tom Buchanan.,?,Daisy is believed to have been inspired by,Fitzgeralds own youthful romances with,Ginevra King.,Thomas Buchanan,（,Tom,）,?,A millionaire who lives on East Egg,and,Daisys husband.,?,Tom is an imposing man of muscular bu

6、ild,with a husky tenor voice and arrogant,demeanor.He is a former football star at Yale.,?,Buchanan attended Yale and is a white,supremacist.,Jordan Baker,?,Daisy Buchanans long-time friend with,autumn-leaf yellow hair,a firm athletic body,and an aloof attitude.,?,She is Nick Carraways girlfriend fo

7、r most of the,novel and an amateur golfer with a slightly,shady reputation and a penchant for,untruthfulness.,Others,?,George B.Wilson-a mechanic and owner of a garage.He is,disliked by both his wife,Myrtle Wilson,and Tom,Buchanan.,?,Myrtle Wilson-Georges wife,and Tom Buchanans,mistress.Myrtle is de

8、sperate to find refuge from her,complacent marriage,but unfortunately this leads to her,tragic ending.She is accidentally killed by Gatsbys car.,Others,?,Meyer Wolfsheim-a Jewish friend and mentor of Gatsbys,described as a gambler who fixed the World Series.Wolfsheim,appears only twice in the novel,

9、the second time refusing to,attend Gatsbys funeral.,Relationship,no,money;,marry,parties;,Daisy,kill,shoot,escape,E,F,A,B,C,D,poor;,in love,bootleggi,ng;,rich,meet;,loss,Themes,?,The decline of American dream in 1920s,It is ruined by the unworthiness of money and pleasure.,Later critical writings on

10、 The Great Gatsby,following the,novels revival,focus in particular on Fitzgeralds disillusionment,with the,American Dream,life,liberty and the pursuit of,happiness.,Themes,?,The story deals with the limits and realities of Americas myths,of social and class mobility;and the inevitably hopeless lower

11、,class aspirations to rise above the station(s)of their birth.,?,Using elements of irony and tragic ending,it also delves into,themes of,excesses of the rich,and recklessness of youth,.,Symbols,The green light,The embodiment of Gatsbys dream for future and it,beckons to him in the night like a versi

12、on of fulfillment of is,desires.,The eyes of Doctor T.J.Eckleburg,?,Eyes of justice,The eyes tend to mkae observers feel as they are being,scrutinized.,East egg&West egg,?,West egg is like Gatsby,full of garish extravangance,sybolizing the emergence of the new rich of the 1920s.,?,East egg is like t

13、he Buchanans,wealthy,possessing,high social status and powerful,sybolizing the old uper,class that continued to dominate the American social,landscape.,Thanks for listening.,Flapper,Flappers were a generation of,young Western women in the,1920s who wore short skirts,bobbed their hair,listened to jazz,and flaunted their disdain for,what was then considered,acceptable behavior.,