On the Disillusionment of the American Dream —— The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night

The Disillusionment of the American Dream: An Analysis of The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night.

Research status of this topic.

Although the United States was only born more than 200 years ago, a large number of works have been produced under this background, which have had a far-reaching impact on world art. Among these works, the "American Dream" is the hot spot of social science research today. However, most of these works are limited to the study of American social life and social problems, and no one can comprehensively study the "American Dream" from the beginning to the present.

2) The research purpose of the topic.

The "American Dream" is deeply rooted in American culture and is an important part of American culture. This paper explains the essence of the American dream by analyzing the pursuit, disillusionment and ultimate death of Gatsby and Dick in The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night.

3) Motive, significance, main viewpoints, contents, key points and difficulties of topic selection.

Motivation significance: F? 6? 1 Scott? 6? 1 Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was a famous American writer in the early 20th century. At first, the Americans he represented had illusions about the post-war world, but in the end, they were disappointed, lost in confusion and pessimism, showing the disillusionment of the generation who had never experienced war with the "American Dream". His works "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night" vividly depict the American scenery in this period, and combine Fitzgerald's own experience to reveal his hidden love and American dream complex and his disillusionment with the American dream, thus finding the real reason for the loss of the American dream.

Main viewpoints and contents: The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night reflect the "American Dream" more truly and deeply, because it is a true portrayal of Fitzgerald's thoughts and experiences. This thesis studies the theme of "American Dream" through The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, exposing the hypocrisy and fraud of bourgeois civilization and making people realize that the disillusionment of "American Dream" is inevitable under the capitalist system.

Focus: This topic focuses on the reasons for the disillusionment of the American dream through two works, The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night.

Difficulty: how to analyze the reasons for the disillusionment of the American dream from the perspective of the protagonists in the two novels?

4) The structure and brief description of the paper.

1. Introduction

2. Fitzgerald and His American Dream

3. The Great Gatsby-the initial disillusionment of the American dream

4. The night is gentle-the American dream is completely shattered.

5. Reasons for the disillusionment of the American dream in the two novels

6. Conclusion

5) Bibliography

Robert e lang, the realization of the great Gatsby. (Fort Lewis, 1979)

Thomas j scott fitzgerald: the crisis of american identity. London: Visual Publishing Company Limited, 1979.

T Eliot, "Letter to Scott Fitzgerald", in Fitzgerald, Collapse, (hammonds Voss, 1965)

Piper, henry dan. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Novel, Critics and Background. New york: son of Charles Scribner. 1970.

Fang Jie: The Structure and Deconstruction of the American Dream —— An Interpretation of the Depth Pattern in Tender is the Night.

Zhuang Wenquan: an immortal work that successfully deconstructs the American dream —— Comment on The Great Gatsby. Journal of Longyan Teachers College, No.4, 1999+02.

6) Research basis and methods

By consulting a large number of materials, we can understand the social background of the "lost generation" and the author's life experience, read the two works carefully, and deeply analyze the similarities and differences between the two protagonists' personalities to find the real reason for the loss of the American dream.

7) Step

First, intensive reading of two works; Second, access to information, combined with works to understand the disillusionment process of the American dream; Third, conceive the article and complete the paper.