“美国梦”的一曲挽歌——评《了不起的盖茨比》

Destruction of the “American Dream”——analysis on The Great Gatsby

菲茨杰拉德是二十世纪美国最重要的作家之一,《了不起的盖茨比》奠定了他在美国文学上的地位,小说描写了出身贫寒的盖茨比痴心不改地追求因“贫富差距”而未能“终成眷属”的情人,却以失败身亡而告终的故事,揭示了理想与现实之间的差距及其冲突导致梦想的幻灭的必然性;菲茨杰拉德通过这样安排小说的结局,表明了资产阶级标榜的自由与平等的虚伪性,所谓的“美国梦”不过是个谎言,以盖茨比的个人失败隐喻了“美国梦”的虚幻及其不可企及性。

F ·Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most important novelists in America in the 20th century. The Great Gatsby established his status in American literature. In this story, Gatsby pursued his lover persistently but ended with failure and death, which reveals the difference between ideals and reality and the subsequent, unavoidable destruction of the American Dream. The ending of the novel shows the hypocrisy of the capitalists＇so called ＂freedom and equality＂, and the deceptive nature of the American dream and the impossibility of attaining it.