TheGreatGatsby读后感.docx

Book report----The Great GatsbyI choose ‘The Great Gatsby’, which was written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, was the representative ofThe Lost Generation, lived injazz age. The novel described for the 20s through the perfect artistic form to sell the American dream which liquor nouveau riche Gates compared pursues vanishing, has shown the American societys tragedy.The reason for me to choose this book is simple. Because my SAT teacher told me that SAT reading tests like to cite paragraphs in this book. Then, after reading this book, I think I have gotten some sense about the morality of American society at that time.Plot, characters, settingThe story begins with the narrator, Nick Carraway, whose house next to the mansion of?his friend called Gatsby. Daisy is Nicks second cousin, Gatsby’s first girlfriend. Gatsby and Daisy had loved each other five years ago, Gatsby used to very poor and then sent overseas by the army. Daisy gave up waiting for him and married a man called Tom. After the War, Gatsby decided to win Daisy back. He bought a house and held lavish parties in the hopes that Daisy would attend. His house is directly across the bay from hers, and he can see a green light at the end of Daisys dock. Tom has a mistress -----Myrtle Wilson who was hit and killed by Daisy’s driving car. Tom lied to Myrtle’s husband that Gatsby drove the yellow car. Therefore, Gatsby took the whole blame and was shot dead by Myrtle’s husband.My opinion From Nick’s first-person narrative, I can see a picture about the America at that time. We can see the surface of the society is dissolute, but actually it was spiritual sky empty bored society. American have fallen in, not only the way of life through which American rifling for more luxurious enjoyment, but the morality of heart that they persued prosperity with all costs of which they were oblivious. Parties which held by Gatsby are good examples, the parties were fashionable but pointless. It was only show-off of G