1、The Great Gatsby 馬春香 戚煜 王亞麗 王怡 吳凱莉 謝靜The Great Gatsby 馬春香 戚煜 了不起的蓋茨比The_great_Gatsby英文課件 Jay Gatsby - The title character and protagonist of the novel, Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night,

2、 but no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune. Gatsby was working for a millionaire made him dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth. When he met Daisy,he fell in love with her. Nick views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and vulgar, whose extraordina

3、ry optimism and power to transform his dreams into reality make him “great” nonetheless. Jay Gatsby - The title From the novel, we can find that he looked Daisy as the embodiment of beauty, purity and nobility and he thought that being together with her is like the being at wonderland which represen

4、ted all the beautiful things .From the novel, we can find thJay Gatsby was a son of shiftless and unsuccessful farm people in the middle west of USA. When he joined the army, he met Daisy, a beautiful woman from the upper class, and fell in love with her. Then, he took apart in the war and five year

5、s later when he came back from the Europe, Daisy had got married with a rich boy Tom. Jay Gatsby was a son of shiftl了不起的蓋茨比The_great_Gatsby英文課件Gatsby could give up everything to pursue his ideal love and began his pursuing for forbidden fruit: a love to woman who had a husband.Gatsby could give up e

6、verythinGatsby tried his best to gain a chance to meet Daisy and get everything well prepared to greet Daisy. Gatsby tried his best to gain From Daisys words we know that she liked everything Gatsby prepared very much.From Daisys words we know thaHowever,He felt quite nervous and retreated at the si

7、gnificant moment.However,He felt quite nervous After that Gatsby went on holding parties to attract Daisy.After that Gatsby went on hold了不起的蓋茨比The_great_Gatsby英文課件DAISY: Is all this made entirely from your imagination?GATSBY: No. you see ,you were there all along in every idea in every decision. Of

8、course ,if anything is not to your liking, Ill change it.DAISY: Is all this made entire了不起的蓋茨比The_great_Gatsby英文課件However, his thoughts were too idealistic, simple and naive.However, his thoughts were tooLike anyone else in that period, as a reality mortal, Daisy wanted not only the life of spirit a

9、nd love, but also the stability of material life and superiority and immobility of social status.Like anyone else in that perioSo when she found Gatsbys money came from illegal way, she wavered because she thought that although Gatsby had a great deal of money, he was only a upstart; being together

10、with him may hurt her social status and when she had to choose one between Gatsby, a man who loved her so much and would devote his whole emotion and energy to her, and Tom, a man who betrayed her but had a stable social status, she choose the latter. Because she was a typical bourgeois woman who lo

11、ve money and value power with which only Tom could provide and she need more about the material comforts and superiority of social status. Even after the accident happened when Gatsby would like to be responsible to Daisys mistake, Daisy frankly sat face to face with Tom and would sacrifice him anytime and then escape. So when she found Gatsbys mProsperity ended and everything is not true.Prosperity ended and everythinBut not a si