The Great Gatsby

The novel described for the 20's through the perfect artistic form to sell "the American dream" which liquor nouveau riche Gates compared pursues vanishing, has promulgated the American society's tragedy. Gates and bids good-bye compared to and the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red love originally is the very ordinary love story. But the author makes a masterly opening move, compared to the girl which is in love treats as Gates the youth, the money and the status symbol, treats as * the method pursue wealthy material life "the American dream". Gates compares in order to pursue the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red to exhaust own sentiment and the ability and wisdom, finally ruined own life. He naively thought that, Had the money to be able to revive an old dream, redeems the love which lost. He was what a pity wrong. He looked at mistakenly black eyebrow coloring alizarin red this vulgar superficial woman. He looked at mistakenly on the surface the debauchery but the spiritual sky empty bored society. He lives in the illusion, is gotten rid by the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red, is desolate for the society, finally has cast the tragedy which is unable to recall. The Gates ratio is the 20's models American youth. His bitter experience is precisely the happy song smiles the dance "knight the time" the portrayal. The author has designed for the novel "the dual leading character" Nick the Carrow prestige. His importance is not inferior to the leading character Gates ratio in many aspects. He not only is the story narration and commentary, also is in the novel a important personage. He both is having the very complicated relations with contradictory both sides. He is Gates compared to neighbor and friend, also is the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red cousin, Tom's schoolmate, but also is being in love black eyebrow coloring alizarin red good friend Jordan. He acted as Gates to compare after the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red distinguishes the go-between which 5 years remet, the sympathy which also became which the Gates ratio to revive an old dream the criticism and he suffers kills. He although advances into to the Long Island luxurious residential district, but he already is not "wilderness time" which Tom represents inner world citizen, also is not worships blindly the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red which Gates compares represents to be separated from the reality the illusion world fellow traveller. He represents the American mid-west the traditional ideas and the moral criterion. He happiness illusion which loses compared to the pursue has many critical criticisms regarding Gates, regarding was fastidious the semblance but innermost feelings vulgar Tom and the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red has carried on fair whipping. After Gates compared to dies, former days guest did not make an appearance, the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red accompanied the husband to depart by far, Nick pertinent had pointed out society's false and the heartlessness, caused the reader compared to the American dream necessity which pursued to be disillusioned regarding Gates had the profound impression. 

中文：
小说通过完美的艺术形式描写了20年代贩酒暴发户盖茨比所追求的“美国梦”的幻
灭，揭示了美国社会的悲剧。
盖茨比与黛茜的恋爱和分手本来是个很普通的爱情故事。但作者出手不凡，把盖茨
比热恋的姑娘当作青春、金钱和地位的象征，当作*手段追求富裕物质生活的“美国
梦”。盖茨比为了追求黛茜耗尽了自己的感情和才智，最后葬送掉自己的生命。他天真
地以为：有了金钱就能重温旧梦，赎回失去的爱情。可惜，他错了。他看错了黛茜这个
粗俗浅薄的女人。他看错了表面上灯红酒绿而精神上空虚无聊的社会。他生活在梦幻之
中，被黛茜抛弃，为社会冷落，终于铸成了无法挽回的悲剧。
盖茨比是20年代典型的美国青年。他的遭遇正是欢歌笑舞的“爵士时代”的写照。
作者为小说设计了一个“双重主人公”尼克·卡罗威。他的重要性在许多方面不亚
于主人公盖茨比。他既是故事的叙述者和评论者，又是小说中一个重要人物。他与矛盾
着的双方都有千丝万缕的关系。他是盖茨比的邻居和朋友，又是黛茜的表哥、汤姆的同
学，还热恋着黛茜的好友乔丹。他充当了盖茨比和黛茜分别5年后重新见面的牵线人，
又成为盖茨比重温旧梦的批评者和他惨遭杀害的同情者。他虽然跻身于长岛豪华的住宅
区，但他既不是汤姆所代表的“荒原时代”的精神世界的公民，也不是盖茨比所代表的
盲目崇拜黛茜的脱离现实的梦幻世界的同路人。他代表美国中西部的传统观念和道德准
则。他对于盖茨比追求失去的幸福的梦幻有许多中肯的批评，对于讲究外表而内心卑俗
的汤姆和黛茜则进行了公正的鞭挞。盖茨比死后，昔日的宾客一个也不露面，黛茜则陪
丈夫远远离去，尼克一针见血地指出了社会的虚伪和无情，使读者对于盖茨比所追求的
美国梦的必然破灭有了深刻的印象。
小说采用第一人称的叙事手法，仿佛书中发生的一切都是尼克的亲身见闻，不加虚
饰，令人感到亲切可信。尼克和盖茨比两人从陌生到认识，感情上既有距离，又有融和，
富有多种层次的结合和区别，写得脉络清晰，恰到好处。这种把不同的观点巧妙地统一
在一部小说中，使作品具有深刻的内涵和严密的结构，正是作者独特的艺术成就。
作者在叙述中还运用了许多丰富生动的比喻，使人物的感情起伏和场景的变换增添
了抒情的色彩。精采的比喻常常被用来渲染梦幻的气氛，表达精神的空虚。如尼克初次
到汤姆家，看到黛茜和她女友贝克坐在沙发上“活像浮在一个停泊在地面上空的大气
球”，后来才“慢慢地降落地面”。盖茨比在家里第一次与黛茜重逢时伸手去抓她的手，
以一种创造性的热情投入了他的梦幻。“不断添枝加叶，用飘来的每一根绚丽的羽毛加
以缀饰”。这些梦幻是“牢牢地建立在仙女的翅膀上的”。内涵深刻的比喻把盖茨比对
“美国梦”的追求描绘得维妙维肖，跃然纸上。
小说还运用了象征的手法来揭示人物内心的活动与环境的冷酷。比如：西卵码头尽
头有一盏绿灯，盖茨比常常在晚上孤独地望着它，伸开双手想去拥抱它——那青春和爱
情的象征，仿佛是黛茜的化身。小说末了，尼克又想起了盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，似乎近
在眼前，他几乎不可能抓不住，实际上却可望而不可即，他的梦想已经远远逝去了。又
如书中六次出现的“埃克尔堡大夫的眼睛”是蓝色的，“若有所思，阴郁地俯视这片阴
沉沉的灰堆”。它象征不幸和灾难。在情节发展的关键之处，这双眼睛好像复活了，它
仿佛看着盖茨比去跟汤姆摊牌，又预见到威尔逊要去杀死盖茨比。浑身铜臭的黛茜爱穿
白色的上衣和裙子，宛如纯洁可爱的天使，其实她的灵魂污点斑斑。这象征纯洁的白色
像一面洁白的镜子，把她的灵魂深处暴露无余。盖茨比重温旧梦的幻想一去不复返了。
作者用五光十色的音符谱出了一曲凄怅的悲歌，给人留下无限的思索。