关键词：美国梦；破灭；了不起的盖茨比；原因.doc

《美国文学》期末设计论文　　 ( 2011届 )　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1. Introduction 4　　 2. The reasons of the shattery of American dream 4　 2.1 Social backdrop 4　　　 2.2 The Analysis of?Gatsby 5　 2.2 The Analysis of Daisy 5　　　 3. The Extension of Thinking 6　 4. Conclusion 6　　 Works Cited 7　　 　　　 it “Jazz Age” —Analysis of the Shattery of American Dream in The Great Gatsby and the Extension of Thinking　　　Zhong Zhihong　　 Abstract: F. Scott Fitzgerald is an American novelist and short story writer who widely considers the literary spokesman of the “Jazz Age” — the decade of the 1920s. In 1925, Fitzgerald published his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. By setting the significance of the strange waste land between West Egg and New York, Fitzgerald exploring questions about America and what it means to be American. In this sense, Gatsby is described as the tragic life metaphor of the American dream unreal and unattainable, revealing the American Dream is inevitable shattered. This paper also explores the reasons for the shattery of American dream, namely social backdrop, the analysis of Gatsby and Daisy, and the extension of thinking.　　 Key words: American dream, shattered, The Great Gatsby, reasons　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 it “Jazz Age” —Analysis of the Shattery of American Dream in The Great Gatsby and the Extension of Thinking　 FLC 2009（02）（English）Zhong Zhihong　　　Tutor: Jiang Yujiao　 1. Introduction　 F. Scott Fitzgerald is an American novelist and short story writer who widely considers the most important representative of the “Jazz Age”. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century considered a member of the Lost Generation of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and Damned (1922), Tender is the Night (1934) and his most famous, The Great Gatsby (1925). A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon (1941), was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also published over 160 short novels that treat themes of