The Great Gatsby 了不起的盖茨比.pptVIP

Background Main Characters  Jay Gatsby? Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Myrtle Wilson George Wilson  Jordan Baker  The Valley of Ashes It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and prove to be the victim of the rich and lose their vitality as a result. The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg They may represent god staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland. The eyes also come to represent the essential meaninglessness of the world and the arbitrariness of the mental process by which people invest objects with meaning. After the murder The Buchanans leave to shirk the responsibility for the occurred accident. Nick stages a small funeral for Gatsby, but finds that few have any concern for Gatsby. Nick finally sees the shallowness and carelessness of Daisy, Tom, and all the wealthy but corrupted Easterner. Plot Presenter: 13 容婉芬 from an impoverished child to a wealthy man love Daisy blindly staked everything on his dreams rebelled against time naivety, especially as regards manners and politeness passionate, active, loyal, and good-hearted a powerful internal conflict tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and Inclined to reserve judgment the narrator of this novel next-door neighbor of Gatsby Daisy’s cousin jaded, disappointed in search of quieter life structured by stronger and more traditional moral values “Golden Girl” a deep need to be loved full of money, fond of money, ease, and material luxury charming, but fickle, shallow, and somewhat cynical immensely wealthy arrogant, cruel, hypocritical a man of violence a racist, and male chauvinist cold-blooded, irresponsible Georges wife, and Tom’s mistress possess a fierce vitality desperate to find refuge from her complacent m