高中英語黑布林課外閱讀：TheGreatGatsby名著閱讀之偉大的蓋茨比賞析課件

1、Edward Fitzgerald: salesman (failed) “even if your business has failed, we have to maintain the habit of generous style”. Princeton University: poor academic recordsJoined the army; met Zelda Sayre (failed)Great DepressionThis Side of Paradise(success; married)The Beautiful and DamnedTender is the N

2、ightThe Great GatsbyDied of heart attackThe Last Tycoon (unfinished)WWIDied of fire; mental illnessPart One F. Scott. Fitzgeraldmistressneighborex-loverhusbandDaisyGatsbyNickTomTomMyrtleMyrtleWilsonWilsonwifemurderercousinPart two Figure relationship table1. Who is he?2. Why did the author choose hi

3、m as a narrator?A young man who moved from Middle West to East to learn bond business.Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world havent had the advantages that youve had. (Chapter 1:3) Reserve all judgements.Nick Carraways-the narrator1. They were both

4、 in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering. (Chapter 1: 7 )2. We ought to plan something(Chapter 1: 10 )Part three Color symbolism About half way between West Egg and New Yorka certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into r

5、idges.; finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men who move dimly and crumbling through the powdery air. (Chapter 2: 16)George Wilson Myrtle Wilson The interior was unprosperous and bare; he was a blond, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome. When he saw us, a damp gleam of hope sp

6、rang into his blue eyes. 1. It was James Gatz in a torn green jersey” (Chapter 6: 63) 2. He stretched out his arms towards the dark water nothing except a single green light (chapter 1: 16) 4. Nicks insight: “His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.(Chapter 9: 115) 3. “If it wasnt for the mist we could” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light” Part four Causes of the tragedyFor Gatsby: his idealism and stubbornness for love; the value distortion during the pursuit for his dream: the illegal means