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* by She Longqing (佘龙卿 学号：0704410310） American Dream The Author Major Characters The Plot The Questions About This Novel is a belief that as long as the United States after a hard struggle will be able to achieve the ideal of a better life, that is, people have to work through their own hard work, courage, creativity and determination to move towards prosperity, rather than rely on specific social classes and other assistance. American Dream 实现美国梦的代表人物 美国前总统：约翰·肯尼迪；美国现任总统；巴拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马；路易斯安那州州长金达尔；布什政府的劳工部长赵小兰；商务部长古铁雷斯；奥巴马政府的能源部长朱棣文；商务部长骆家辉；奥巴马政府内阁秘书卢沛宁； 　　加州州长施瓦辛格；百人会会长傅履仁。 The Great Gatsby-----The breaking of American dream F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald (1896-1940) American short-story writer and novelist, known for his depictions(描写) of the Jazz Age(爵士时代） (the 1920s). Fitzgerald lived a colorful life of parties and money-spending. At the beginning of one of his stories Fitzgerald wrote the rich are different from you and me. This privileged world he depicted in such novels as The Beautiful and Damned (1922) and The Great Gatsby (1925), which is widely considered Fitzgeralds finest novel. His major published novels include This Side of Paradise这片乐土 (1920), The Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比 (1925) Tender Is the Night温柔的夜 (1934). Major characters Nick Carraway (Narrator)—a 29-year-old (thirty by the end of the book) bond salesman from Minnesota, a Yale graduate, a World War I veteran（老兵）, and a resident of Long Island. Neighbor of Gatsby. Daisy Buchanan née Fay—an attractive, effervescent young woman; Nicks second cousin, once removed; and the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy is believed to have been inspired by Fitzgeralds own youthful romance with Chicago heiress Ginevra King. Gatsby had courted but lost Daisy five years earlier due to their different social standing, the main reason Fitzgerald believed he had lost Ginevra. Tom Buchanan—an arrogant “old money” milliona