TheGreatGatsby.ppt

The Great Gatsby(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Born: 24 September 1896
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota
Died: 21 December 1940 (heart attack)
Best Known As: The author of The Great Gatsby
Name at birth: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Book Introduction
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.
The whole novel proceeded with Nick’s narration. Nick. Carraway was born in a Western family, going to the developed Eastern for his own ideal. Nick lived in the West Egg of Long Island neighboring Gatsby. Gatsby was very rich and mysterious, and holding extremely luxurious banquet once per week.
Nick attended Gatsby’s banquet and made friends with Gatsby and understood that Gatsby’s living here and showing luxury were all for attracting Daisy, who was Nick’s cousin living in the East egg, near to the West Egg. In the past, Gatsby and Daisy once fell in love with each other. But later, Daisy married a rich boy—Tom Buchanan. From then on, Gatsby made efforts to amass money for winning back Daisy.
By Nick’s help, Gatsby and Daisy ignited their love affair again. But in the conflict between Gatsby and Tom, Daisy d