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1、繼續(xù)教育學(xué)院本科畢業(yè)論文Analysis of Gatsbys Character in the Great Gatsby了不起的蓋茨比淺析蓋茨比的人物性格學(xué) 號(hào)： 14705020XXXX 專業(yè)名稱： 英 語 年 級(jí)： 14級(jí)專升本 姓 名： 張三三 指導(dǎo)老師： 李四四 2016年X月X日Analysis of Gatsbys Character in the Great GatsbyZhang Sansan 14705020XXXXThe Department of EnglishSupervisor: Li SisiA Thesis Submitted to English Depart

2、ment ofFudan Universityin Partial Fulfillment of the RequirementsFor the Degree of Bachelor of ArtsFudan University2016AcknowledgementsI would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all those who helped me in the course of composing the thesis. First of all, I gratefully acknowledge the help of my su

3、pervisor, XXX. Without his/her patient instruction and professional guidance, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Secondly, I am also greatly indebted to all the instructors who have instructed me. The knowledge they imparted me laid a solid foundation for the completion of my thesi

4、s. Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my family and friends. When I am in trouble, they always encourage me greatly and help me out. I am deeply inspired by their constant support and encouragement. Their help and trust in me stimulate me to be a better me.AbstractFitzgerald is

5、 one of the most outstanding American novelists in the 20th century. The Great Gatsby, which was elaborately created by him, is widely considered his finest work. The thesis aims to analyze the character of Jay Gatsby, protagonist of this novel, and thus to further discuss how Gatsbys character infl

6、uences his destiny. The author first briefly summarizes main content of this novel, introduces Fitzgeralds personal experience and analyzes the writing background of this novel as well as the symbolic significance of its tragic outcome. In the discussion parts, the author divides Gatsby's charac

7、ter into two aspects: the positive side and the negative side. In each part, the author picks up two of the most typical features respectively and supports these arguments with examples and cited words. Finally the author sums up what is demonstrated above and further expounds how Gatsbys character

8、influences his destiny.Key Words: Fitzgerald, Gatsby, Character Analysis 中文摘要菲茨杰拉德是20世紀(jì)美國(guó)最優(yōu)秀的小說家之一，了不起的蓋茨比則被廣泛認(rèn)為是他最優(yōu)秀的作品。本文旨在分析小說的主人公蓋茨比的人物性格，從而進(jìn)一步論述人物性格對(duì)人物命運(yùn)的影響。作者首先簡(jiǎn)要地概括了小說的主要內(nèi)容，介紹了小說作者菲茨杰拉德的個(gè)人經(jīng)歷，分析了小說的創(chuàng)作背景以及小說悲劇結(jié)局的象征意義。在論述部分，作者將蓋茨比的人物性格分為積極性和消極性兩方面。各部分中，作者又分別挑選了最為強(qiáng)烈的兩種性格加以舉例論證和引用論證。最后作者對(duì)本文的論述加以概括

9、并進(jìn)一步深入分析人物性格對(duì)人物命運(yùn)的影響。關(guān)鍵詞：菲茨杰拉德，蓋茨比，性格分析Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsiAbstract in EnglishiiAbstract in ChineseiiiIntroduction1Chapter One Duteous and Determined Gatsby3Chapter Two Illusory and Injudicious Gatsby5Conclusion7Works Cited9IntroductionFrancis Scott Fitzgerald was born in the year of 1

10、896. He is widely considered one of the most outstanding American writers of the 20th century, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. Throughout his literary career, he has composed four well-known novels, which was entitled This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damn

11、ed, The Great Gatsby as well as Tender Is the Night. The Love of the Last Tycoon, Fitzgeralds fifth and unfinished novel, was published after his death. Undoubtedly, The Great Gatsby is the most influential among all his works. It still has a profound influence worldwide.After World War , American s

12、ociety enjoyed unprecedented level of prosperity. In the 1920s, Americans abandoned themselves to hold sumptuous parties and have a good time. They moved their body with the rhythms of the jazz music and danced to the beats. Crumbled traditional Puritan morality and flourished new hedonism in this a

13、ge. This is the jazz agea time of wonder, a time of art, a time of big spenders, but also a mockery of the time. (Fitzgerald, flyleaf) Under such historical background, The Great Gatsby came into existence. To summarize, The Great Gatsby is a story depicting the disillusion of American Dream. It is

14、told through the eyes of Nick Carraway.Jay Gatsby, a young man coming from rural North Dakota, is born in an impoverished peasant family. Throughout his persistent efforts, he becomes an implausibly wealthy millionaire rather than a penniless nobody. In his well-decorated mansion, he holds extravaga

15、nt parties to show off his wealth and attract the golden beautyDaisy, who once was Gatsbys lover five years ago. They reunion and re-love each other with the help of Nick. In Gatsbys mind, Daisy is a perfect lady with a pure and innocent heart. Nevertheless, she is no longer the Daisy what she used

16、to be. Under her charming appearance, it is just a body with stupid and selfish soul. In a traffic accident, Daisy has struck and killed Myrtle, Tom's mistress. But Gatsby intends to take the blame anyway. George, Myrtle's husband, has mistaken Gatsby for the hit-and-run driver and even Myrt

17、les secret lover. With several gunshots, George, a so-called lunatic ends both Gatsbys and his own lives.The great Gatsby is a mirror, which vividly reflects Americans life of the jazz age. The scenes of roaring crowd, extravagant parties and corrupt society are perfectly reproduced. To some extent,

18、 it also can be inferred that the Great Gatsby is the epitome of Fitzgeralds life. They both rise from impoverished families, they both fall in love with beauties coming from the upper class and they both end their lives in strategy. It is well acknowledged that a mans own character shapes his fortu

19、ne. So does Gatsby. After reading through this novel, its hard to tell whether the protagonist Gatsby is a good guy or a bad guy. So many highlights do exist in his character. But we have to admit that there are still a lot of dark sides in his character. In order to analyze Gatsbys character from a

20、n objective angle, the author divides his character into two aspects: the positive side and the negative side. They are respectively studied in chapter one and chapter two. In chapter one, a determined and duteous Gatsby will be presented in front of you. In chapter two, an illusory and injudicious

21、Gatsby also emerges. In these two chapters, a large number of facts and theoretical arguments will be added to support the authors view. At the end of the thesis, it naturally comes to a conclusion that it is Gatsbys character that determined his destiny. Persistence and determination leads him to s

22、uccess. However, his tragedy is caused by injudiciousness and unrealistic ideal.Chapter OneDuteous and Determined GatsbyIn the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald narrates the remount of Gatsby from an objective perspective. In his description, a vivid and lively Gatsby comes into our eyes. Hes a man with so m

23、any conspicuous merits, like innocent, resourceful and generous as well. Chapter one focuses on the two most remarkable merits in Gatsbys character, namely duteous and determined. For most people, the first impression which Gatsby leaves on us is a perfect lover with a duteous heart. Besides his res

24、olution made in the teens, the major cause stimulates Gatsby to court fame and wealth is to win Daisy back. Throughout the story, Gatsbys loyalty permeates in every corner of the passage. To name just a few, he settles in West Egg just because Daisys villa is located across the bay. On balconies of

25、the mansion, at the bank of the bay stands still Gatsby. He always stretches out his arms in lonely, noiseless and endless night as if Daisy is within his touch. After Myrtles accident, Gatsby waits outside Daisys house till the morning only to make sure whether Tom will hurt her or not. The only th

26、ing that he really cares about is Daisys safety. Whats more, a conversation between Carraway and Wolfsheim also reveals his loyalty. It is learnt from Wolfsheims words that Gatsby is very careful about woman. He never pays much attention to other women since Daisy roots in his mind and heart. As far

27、 as Gatsby is concerned, Daisy has become a dispensable part of Jay Gatsby. What a duteous man Gatsby is!Speaking of Gatsby, determination is another prominent sparkling spot in his character. To a great extent, Gatsby is the spokesman of determination. He has retained this precious and praiseworthy

28、 virtue throughout his whole life. Born in a rural peasant family with no prospects, Gatsby is never satisfied with the current situation of his family. He is also never content with his current social status. In his early years, he has already made up his mind to get rid of the status quo. It is cl

29、early proved by the book old Gats brought to West Egg, in the flyleaf of which written his everyday schedule and resolves when James Gats was a young boy. The fact that Daisy married Tom, a boring but wealthy man, inspires Gatsby to move constantly in pursuit of money and fame. He is firmly convince

30、d that he is able to win Daisy back as long as he is rich enough. With persistent efforts, Gatsby turns himself from a mere pauper to a millionaire almost everyone admires. He possesses a mansion with an enormous marble swimming pool and a magnificent hall, decorated gorgeously. He has ach

31、ieved all these in only a few short years, having returned from the wars shabby and penniless. As what I have presented above, it is obvious that Gatsby is a determined man that once he has set a goal for himself, he will strive to make it come true and never yields to any setback.The concept Gatsby

32、 is a duteous lover is rooted in the heart of every reader. Why is Gatsby great? He is great because of his loyalty for love. We are deeply moved by his unselfish and dedicated love for Daisy, a woman who is unworthy his infatuation. What makes Gatsby great? It is his determination and firm belief m

33、akes him great. Suppose that Gatsby was an undetermined man, maybe he still lives in somewhere in North Dakota, going out to crop at sunrise and going back home at sunset. All in all, Gatsby is a great man with plenty of virtues that deserves all of us to learn from. He is innocent, resourceful and

34、generous. Moreover, he is a man with duteous heart and determined resolution. Chapter TwoIllusory and Injudicious GatsbyCompared to people around him, like Daisy Fay and Tom Buchanan, Gatsby is a person of noble morality. Under such a bustling and extraordinary social circle, Gatsby retains his pure

35、 heart and strives for his dream. However, there is no doubt that Gatsby is never ever a perfect man. There are still a few defects in his character, namely illusory and injudicious. In the first place, Gatsby is illusory. It seems to him that the only reason Daisy left him and married Tom lies in h

36、is poverty. As long as he is rich enough, Daisy will return to his arms by all means. In Gatsbys dream, Daisy is the embodiment of all wonderful things. She is charming, attracting as well as pure. Actually, daisy is a flower with white petals and yellow bud. Daisy Fay is a beauty who aspi

37、res for wealth and is keen on having a good time. To his disappointment, Daisy is a typical woman who comes from the upper class. She is shallow, selfish and indifferent as well. After their unification, Gatsby shows Daisy and Nick around his grand mansion. Suddenly Daisy burst into tears. “It makes

38、 me sad because Ive never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.” said Daisy. (Fitzgerald, 59) At the moment that we agree that Daisy cries for the joy and excitement of reunification with a man once she loved. What Daisy answered totally astounded all of us. She cries just because she has never se

39、en such delicate and slap-up shirts. She admires Gatsby. She admires his mansion, his shirts and his wealth. The pure and gorgeous Daisy is just a sweet dream Gatsby weaved for himself. The dream is so wonderful but the fact is so cruel. He would rather stubbornly make mistakes again and again than

40、wake up even once. For this illusory dream, he paid a high price for it, even lost his life.In the meanwhile, Gatsby is also injudicious. Under the description of Fitzgerald, West Egg and East Egg, the two fictional places where Daisys villa and Gatsbys mansion respectively located in, are divided b

41、y a vast bay. So does Daisy and Gatsby. It is insurmountable for Daisy, Gatsby, even Nick since it is a bay representing a gap, namely ideological gap, which all of them can never thoroughly across it. Coming from two different social classesthe upper class and the lower class, their ideology, way o

42、f life and sense of values have tremendous distinction. Gatsby is blind to chase Daisy and court wealth, but he doesnt realize the root cause which separates Daisy and he lies in the differences between the two classes. In the past five years, Gatsby is longing for reuniting with Daisy all the time.

43、 When he meets Daisy again, he is not joyful as he expected since Daisy is not as perfect as he envisioned. Actually, Gatsby doesnt really like Daisy. It seems to him that Daisy is the symbol of wealth and status. The progress of wining Daisy back equals the progress of pursuing his dream. He is not

44、 delighted because dream and reality are totally different, he never recognizes it. It is pathetic that Gatsby is not able to realize all these until his death.If Gatsbys merits lead him to success, it is undeniable that Gatsbys tragedy is caused by his defects, including his illusory dream and inju

45、dicious thought. He is resourceful enough but thinks of questions without profundity and perspicacity. He absorbedly strives for his dream but never stops for a while to scan the abnormal society. He is desperately buried in regaining Daisy but is unaware of the fundamental differences between them.

46、 It is specially affecting that Gatsby devotes himself to entertain Daisy and gets her betrayal in return. To dive deep, Gatsbys dream is not so much ruined by selfish and shallow Daisy as destroyed by himself, a duteous and determined but illusory and injudicious Gatsby.ConclusionAs soon as the pub

47、lication of the Great Gatsby, it has aroused extensive attention among the general public. “The Great Gatsby was the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James, because Fitzgerald depicted the extolled grandest and most boisterous, reckless and merry-making scene”, criticized T.S.

48、Elliot. It is widely considered one of the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age and up to now it still has great research value.As what I have expounded above, it naturally comes to the conclusion that Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of the Great Gatsby, is a complicated man. It is quite difficult

49、 to tell whether he is a kind man or an evil man since he has multiple identities. On the one hand, he is a successful businessman, a duteous lover as well as a determined dream chaser. On the other hand, he is an evil criminal, an illusory and injudicious dreamer. Gatsby is a man with so many consp

50、icuous merits, like innocent, resourceful and generous as well. In chapter one, attention is paid to merits in Gatsbys character. Among these excellent merits, duteousness and determination are the most typical ones. Sometimes we have to admit that Gatsby is really a perfect lover. In the past five

51、years, he was very careful about women and Daisy was considered the only lover and the best lover by himself. He is so addicted to Daisy that he paid one of the most valuable things, his life, for this illusory even worthless love. What makes Gatsby great? To a large extent, his steadfast determinat

52、ion made him a great Gatsby. We are deeply impressed by his ambition to get rid of poverty and his willingness to win Daisy back. With his persistent efforts and constant training, he steps into the upper class and becomes a mysterious but celebrated millionaire. Although his dream disillusions with

53、 his death, but he did achieved his goal at one time. Character determines the fortune of a person. Gatsby is doomed to be an unusual man for his courage and determination in pursuit of dream.Moreover, Gatsby does have quite a few demerits in his character. First of all, Gatsby is illusory for his d

54、ream. Obstinately he insists that as soon as he accumulates enough money Daisy will come back to his arms. Extravagant parties are held in Gatsbys magnificent mansion day and night only to attract Daisy. However, Daisy has been accustomed to live a carefree life. Gatsbys appearance happens to add a

55、touch of color to her blank life. Although she is astounded by Gatsbys fine skirts, well-decorated mansion and extravagant parties, she treats their affair just as a stimulation for her to seek in the boring and insipid life. Perhaps she has hesitated and regretted, but she will never abandon a life

56、 of ease and a relatively beatific family with a wealthy husband and a cute child. In the second place, Gatsby is also injudicious for the upper class and the extraordinary society. He is not able to or he is unwilling to recognize the essence of Daisy, a typical representative of the upper class. Because of her selfishness, Daisy sacrifices Gatsbys life to escape from punishment. This golden beauty aspires all the things closely related to money such as the golden pencil. Even her voice is full of m