lecture eight伟大的盖茨比概要1.pptVIP

Decay is most evident in the so-called valley of ashes. Fitzgeralds implication seems to be that society has already decayed enough and requires no new twist. Gender Roles In his novel, men work to earn money for the maintenance of the women. Men are dominant over women, especially in the case of Tom, who asserts his physical strength to subdue （ vt. 征服； ）them. The only hint of a role reversal is in the pair of Nick and Jordan. The women in the novel are an interesting group, because they do not divide into the traditional groups instead, none of them are pure. Myrtle is the most