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F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby 施憶亭 08022022-6-The Great Gatsby Breif introduction to FitzgeraldFitzgeralds Life Fitzgeralds Major Works2022-6- Breif Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald Born in1896 in a genteely poor family in Minnesota.Died on December, 21, 1944, when he was only 44 years old. 2022-6-l Fitzgerald was the representative figure of the 1920s.l The mirror of the exciting age and spokesman of the Jazz Age.l Fitzgerald is considered a member of the Lost Generation of the twenties. l He never failed to remain detached and foresee the failure and tragedy of the Dollar Decade2022-6-Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age The Jaza Age refers to the 1920s, a time marked by frivolity(輕松快活輕松快活), carelessness, hedonism(享樂主義享樂主義) and excitement in the life of the flaming youth. Fitzgerald is largely responsible for the term and many of his literary works portray it. The Jazz Age is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby. 2022-6-Fitzgerald and American Dream American Dream is a popular belief that people can achieve success, whether it is wealth, fame or love through honest hard working in a new world of liberty, equality, chances and promises. Fitzgeralds fictions often deal with the bankruptcy of the American Dream, which is highlighted by the disillusionment of the protagonists personal dreams due to the clashes between their romantic vision of life and the sordid reality. In the 1920s, the American Dream was bankrupt in the sense that the wealthy people were spiritually disorientated and morally corrupted. The fact that the rich people turned to be more indifferent and careless brought forth the disillusionment of American Dream2022-6-The Mirror of the Age Fitzgeralds own life was a mirror of the 1920s. He was the victim of his American Dream. He was fascinated with material wealth on one hand by writing hard to accumulate wealth to live an extravagant life, yet was bewildered with the wealth on the other, fully aware of the underlying spiritual disorientation and moral decay. Finally in his life, alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin him. 2022-6- Fitzgeralds Life “Roaring Twenties” “A moon that never rose” Spokesman of the Jazz Age 爵士樂時代的爵士樂時代的“編年史編年史家家”和和“桂冠詩人桂冠詩人”。 A middle-class family Education:had an expensive education in private schools at Princeton. due to illness and neglect of academic study, he left the university in 1917 without graduation.2022-6- Married Zelda Sayre, who exerted a strong influence on his literary career and his personal life. Zelda: the prototype of a series of rich, beautiful women who figure prominently in his fiction. The young couple frequently went abroad and lived extravagantly a luxurious life. To keep earning enough money, Fitzgerald wrote short stories and novels at a rapid speed. 2022-6- The 1930s brought relentless decline for Fitzgerald with a series of misfortunes: his reputation declined, his wealth fell, his health failed. Zelda had suffered from some serious mental breakdowns which confined her in a sanitarium for the rest of her life. Alcoholism, loneliness and despair combined to ruin Fitzgerald. He died in 1940 of a heart attack.2022-6- Zelda Sayre While at Camp Sheridan, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre the golden girl. They two were engaged in 1919, and Fitzgerald moved into an apartment in New York City to try to lay a foundation for his life with Zelda. Working at an advertising firm and writing short stories,he was unable to convince Zelda that he would be able to support her,leading her to break off the engagement.The couple were married in New Yorks St. Patricks Cathedral. 2022-6- Fitzgeralds Major Works lFirst novel: This side of paradise 天堂的天堂的這一邊這一邊(1919)lSecond novel: The Beautiful and the Damned美麗的和可詛咒的美麗的和可詛咒的lFlappers and Philosophers(1920)時髦女時髦女和哲學家和哲學家lTales of the Jazz Age（1922） 爵士時代爵士時代lMasterpiece: The Great Gatsby (1925) 了不起的蓋茨比了不起的蓋茨比lTender is the Night 1934 夜色溫柔夜色溫柔 2022-6- The Great Gatsby Author F. Scott Fitzgerald Country United States Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Charles Scribners Sons Publication date April 10, 1925 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN NA & reissue ISBN 0-7432-7356-7 (2004 paperback edition)Major characters Daisy Buchanan Jay Gatsby Tom Bucnanan Nick Carraway Myrtle Wilson Jordan Baker Wilson cousinneighborcoupleloverlovercouplelover142021/6/302022-6- ThemeAt the beginning of the story, Gatsby, a poor young man from the Midwest, is in love with but rejected by an upper-class woman, Daisy. He later attains the wealth by bootlegging and other criminal activities. Yet his fascination with and pursuit of money is but the means of recapturing the past and regaining his lost love. And for him, Daisy is the representation of a kind of idealized happiness. So Gatsbys real dream is that of achieving a new status and a new essence, of rising to a loftier place in the mysterious hierarchy of human worth. That is why Daisy Buchanan seems so charming to Gatsby and that is why Gatsby has directed his whole life to winning back her love. Yet his dream ended up with Daisys indifference and carelessness. 2022-6- Writing StyleFitzgeralds prose is smooth, sensitive, and completely original in its diction and metaphors. Its simplicity and gracefulness, its skill in manipulating the relation between the general and the specific, its bold impressionistic and colorful quality, in short, its competence to convey the vision of the author all reveal Fitzgeralds consummate artistry.LOGO 若有不當之處，請指正，謝謝！若有不當之處，請指正，謝謝！