14-Fitzgerald美国文学期末复习.pptVIP

4. Major themes the Death of a Dream the Death of an Ideal Corruption in Capitalist America What Money Cannot Buy: Happiness Irresponsibility Bigotry (顽固不化) The Death of a Dream: the American Dream His death in the end points at the truth about the withering of the American Dream The spiritual and moral sterility resulted from the withered American Dream. WHAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happines