The Great Gatsby[精选].pptVIP

The Great Gatsby ---written by F.Scott Fitzgerald Business Class One 胡棉玲 陈清秀 陈雪 Major Works of F.Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise (1920) The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) The Great Gatsby (1925) Tender is the night (1934) Relationship Among Main Characters Nick neighbour Gatsby Classmate Cousin First Love Daisy Couple Tom Introduction of Plot Hemingways Views on The Great Gatsby Comment from Haruki Murakami Domestic Comments My View Thank You * * * The novel is told of the story of Gatsby by the narration of Nick. Nick is tried of his hometown’s life so that he moves to New York from the Midwest of America. He rents a small house in the suburb that happens to be next to the Gatsby’s mansion（宅邸). Five years ago,Gatsby fell in love with a wealthy girl named Daisy,but he was too poor to marry her.When the First World War broke out,Gatsby devoted himself to army.Then Daisy was married to a rich young man Tom Buchanan.Determined to win back his lost love, Gatsby engaged himself in bootlegging(非法买卖) and other “shady”activities to make a fortune during the past five years. He buys a mansion just opposite to the Daisy’s house with a river lying between. Gatsby holds dazzling parties every weekend hoping one day the married Daisy will come. With the help of Nick, the cousin of Daisy, Gatsby meets the Daisy again.But now the lady in front of him is no longer what she used to be.She has become fickle（善变的），vain and shallow but Gatsby still clings to the illusion about Daisy. One day,Daisy,driving Gatsby’s car ,causes a car accident that kills Tom’s mistress（情妇）.Gatsby, for the sake of Daisy, is willing to take the responsibility of the accident. Simultaneously, Tom informs the victim’s husband that Gatsby is the man who has an affair with his wife and intends to cover the truth by murder. Finally, Gatsby was shot by the victim’s husband. Only Nick alone attends Gatsby’s funeral while Dais