了不起的盖茨比读后感英文

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了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇一
《《了不起的盖茨比》英文读后感》

Pursuit for dreams

—after reading The Great Gatsby

I have heard of the famous novel The Great Gatsby for many years. However, until recently have I got the time and mood to read it. As soon as I finish reading, I find my previous unwarranted assumption of it totally wrong.

This is a story about Gatsby and his pursuit for the ‘American dreams’. During the World War One, the poor soldier Gatsby fell in love with an upper class girl named Daisy. But due to the wide gap between them, Daisy decided to marry Tom, a man of her class, instead of Gatsby. Broken-hearted Gatsby then held the conviction that money was of the greatest importance. He strongly believed in the ‘American dreams’, which as we all know, advocates that one can achieve whatever he or she likes through continuous efforts. He strived for five years to become a millionaire and bought a villa near Daisy’s to attract her. He was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that Daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used to be. Eventually, he was killed because of her crime.

After reading it, something reverberates in my heart. I can’t help thinking of the theme Fitzgerald trying to convey. One thing may be the lonely void of people’s spiritual world. I am deeply impressed by chapter 3, where a vivid description of a party is given.

There were beautiful girls, drunk men, and boisterous crowds there, but none of them perceived the pointless of their lives and the barren of their minds. To see this phenomenon deeper, there were two circumstances underlying it. The first is the lack of dreams. Some people, especially the people of the upper class, lived an aimless life. They wasted their time and money and took an indifferent attitude towards life. They chased for temporary ecstasy but lost their identity in eternity, namely Daisy and Tom. The second is the misleading of dreams. Some others like Gatsby, bravely pursued their dreams, yet going to a diverged way unconsciously. They might mix up the concept of a richer life and a happier life, viewing a higher social state and a peaceful fulfilled life as equality. Unfortunately, when they were busy chasing their dreams, everything changed with time. When they were anxious about the to-gets, they ignored what they had already had and lost the alert to the constant changes. The excellent use of symbolization illustrates this idea perfectly. The imagery of ‘green light’ is the most important symble which occurred three times in the novel. The green-light’s obscure in the mist indicates the dim of Gatsby’s dreams.

As far as I am concerned, this story can serve as a reminder for us. To live a meaningful life, we should carefully choose some dreams to pursue. And in the process of fulfilling our dreams, we

should always be concious about what we really desire. Anyhow, only by pursuing the proper dreams can we finally get to the deep springs of happiness.

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇二
《了不起的盖茨比英文读后感》

The Great Gatsby

Mengyan Li, September 15, 2013

The film The Great Gatsby is on in the cinema these days. I watched the film last week and felt interested in the story. So I decided to read the novel The Great Gatsby. During one week, I just have read the first half of the story.

The novel describes the break of American dream of Gatsby who was an upstart by selling wine in the 1920s, which indicates the American society's tragedy. On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the frustrated love between Garsby and a Daisy. But this novel actually wants to criticize the situation of society at that time. The novel is a classic fiction of hope and disillusion.

The author describes the leading character Gatsby through Nick’s eyes. Nick Carraway is the novel’s narrator, a young man who was a tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and good listener. And as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. He is the protagonist Gatsby’s neighbor and Daisy’s cousin.

The protagonist Gatsby was born into a poor family, but he had the great ambition to achieve the fortune and ideal happiness. All his ambitions and illusions are for his lover, Daisy. And his lover Daisy is the symbol of youth, money and rich, the " American dream" which is based on the consistent pursuing of wealth. Gatsby paid all his life to pursue the dream though his lover had became the another rich man’s wife. In my eyes, about love, Gatsby is a pitiful guy. Every night he looked the green light across the river, missing his lover. Every Saturday night he hold big parties, invited all the celebrities to his big house, just want to attact Daisy to come. He asked Nick’s for help, just wanted to meet Daisy. His nervousness and before meet Daisy makes me feel he is a young guy who first meet his little girlfriend. Aside all the other things, for love, he is loyal through thick and thin. That’s the point which makes me feel pitiful about Gatsby and the tragedy.

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇三
《床头灯了不起的盖茨比的英文读后感》

了不起的盖茨比

The narrator, Nick, begins the book by giving us some advice of his father’s about not criticizing others. Through Nick’s eyes, we meet his second cousin, Daisy, her large and aggressive husband, Tom,and Jordon.While the Buchanans live on the fashionable East Egg, Nick lives on the less-elite but not-too-shabby West Egg.We are soon fascinated by a certain Mr. Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and mysterious man who owns a huge mansion next door to Nick and spends a good chunk of his evenings standing on his lawn and looking at an equally mysterious green light across the bay.

Tom takes Nick to the city to show off his mistress, a woman named Myrtle who is married has an affair with Tom. Then,Nick meets and warily be friends with Gatsby at one of his huge party.Gatsby reveals to Nick that he and Daisy had a love thing before he went away to the war and she married Tom. Gatsby wants Daisy back. The plan is for Nick to invite her over to tea.Nick executes the plan; Gatsby and Daisy are reunited and start an affair. Everything continues swimmingly until Tom meets Gatsby.

when Tom has it out with Gatsby over who gets to be with Daisy.As the party drives home to Long Island, Myrtle is struck and killed by Gatsby’s car. Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving, but that he’s going to take the blame for it. Meanwhile, Tom tells George that Gatsby killed his wife. So George shoots and kills Gatsby.At last,Daisy and Tom take off. Nick concludes that our nostalgia, our desire to replicate the past, forces us constantly back into it.

But the author makes a masterly opening move, compared to the girl which is in love treats as Gates the youth, the money and the status symbol, treats as * the method pursue wealthy material life "the American dream". Gates compares in order to pursue the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red to exhaust own sentiment and the ability and wisdom, finally ruined own life. He naively thought that, Had the money to be able to revive an old dream, redeems the love which lost. He was what a pity wrong. He looked at mistakenly black eyebrow coloring alizarin red this vulgar superficial woman. He looked at mistakenly on the surface the debauchery but the spiritual sky empty bored society. He lives in the illusion, is gotten rid by the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red, is desolate for

the society, finally has cast the tragedy which is unable to recall.

Gatsby is a poor young man from the mid west. He fall in love with daisy, a wealthy and beautiful girl. But he is too poor to marry her. After that daisy married to a rich man, tom.. In order to get her love back, he tried his best, and did something illegal. At last, he became rich and bought a luxurious villa. He had parties every weekend to attract daisy to come. Finally she came and Gatsby meet her. But he found the girl was not the daisy in his dream. Gatsby had a sense of loss. Then daisy killed a woman in a traffic accident. Tom and daisy shift the blame to Gatsby, and Gatsby was shot by the woman’s husband.

From his life, we can see the life of some Americans. First, they have a dream, and they work very hard, but at last, they have a sense of failure. In term of Gatsby, love and daisy is all to him. He worked hard to get wealthy for her. He did something illegal for her. He staged party for her. And even he died for her. Gatsby insisted that daisy in his dream is a beautiful

and innocent girl, and she will love him forever, even he was poor, even she married to Tom. But actually, daisy had changed. She became foolish, selfish and meretricious. She didn’t want to return her love. Even she shifted the blame to him. It is not worthy for Gatsby to love her.

In my personal opinion, death may be a perfect way for Gatsby to relieve. The pure girl daisy was his entire dream. But he found that daisy now is a foolish, selfish and meretricious girl. She can’t live with him, she hurt him and shift blame to him. This is not equal to Gatsby. First he thought that he live for her. But she became such a girl he didn’t live. All the dreams broke. There was nothing he could live with. And his future life would be boring and make no sense, because he had no dream, no goal. The death is his best way to get rid of all the sufferings.

The cause of this tragedy is，we can see, is daisy. But as a matter of fact, it is not just daisy’s fault. Mostly, the blame is American society. We can see daisy like to

have a wealthy life and married to tom, but may be most of the people will do this, because most of the people hate poverty and like to have rich life. And after Gatsby’s death, no one would like to attend the funeral. It is the society cause the tragedy. In that society, the people are all selfish. Another problem the author want to describe is that the people have no relief and no dream, and they lead a life in vanity Even Gatsby, such an ambitious man, excepting the love of daisy, has no other dream. He has a luxurious house, lives a rich life, and attends descent party, but he doesn’t know what he really wants except daisy. It is a pity for him because once he find daisy can’t return back, he will no place to go.

Novel describe and buy to sell through perfect art form wine upstart" American dream" that Gatsby pursue unreal the twenties Kill , has announced the tragedy of the American society. Gatsby falls in love with Daisy and departure is actually a very ordinary love story. But the author makes skilful opening moves, regard girl whom Gatsby loved the symbols of the youth, money and status deeply as, Regard U.S.A. as by means to pursue rich material life" Dream of". For pursue Gatsby Daisy exhaust own emotion and ability and intelligence, ruin one's own life. He thought innocently : Can revive an old dream after having money, redeem the lost love. It's a pity , he is wrong. He has misunderstood this one of Daisy Vulgar and shallow woman . He has misunderstood the boring society on the surface dissipated and luxurious and hollowly on spirit. Whether it live he the dreamlike China, is abandoned by Daisy, treats for the society coldly, Cast the tragedy that can't retrieve at last.

Gatsby is the typical American youth in the twenties. Experience of him whether joyous song smile at portrayal in" knight's times" of dance. Sweetheart Daisy of one's early years such as Gatsby marry rich and life dissolute Tom. For win Daisy,

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇四
《了不起的盖茨比读后感》

The Great Gatsby

The novel described for the 20's through the perfect artistic form to sell "the American dream" which liquor nouveau riche Gates compared pursues

vanishing, has promulgated the American society's tragedy. Gates and bids good-bye compared to and the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red love originally is the very ordinary love story. But the author makes a masterly

opening move, compared to the girl which is in love treats as Gates the youth, the money and the status symbol, treats as * the method pursue wealthy material life "the American dream". Gates compares in order to pursue the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red to exhaust own sentiment and the ability and wisdom, finally ruined own life. He naively thought that, Had the money to be able to revive an old dream, redeems the love which lost. He was what a pity wrong. He looked at mistakenly black eyebrow coloring alizarin red this vulgar superficial woman. He looked at mistakenly on the surface the

debauchery but the spiritual sky empty bored society. He lives in the illusion, is gotten rid by the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red, is desolate for the society, finally has cast the tragedy which is unable to recall. The Gates ratio is the 20's models American youth. His bitter experience is precisely the happy song smiles the dance "knight the time" the portrayal. The author has designed for the novel "the dual leading character" Nick the Carrow prestige. His

importance is not inferior to the leading character Gates ratio in many aspects. He not only is the story narration and commentary, also is in the novel a important personage. He both is having the very complicated relations with contradictory both sides. He is Gates compared to neighbor and friend, also is the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red cousin, Tom's schoolmate, but also is being in love black eyebrow coloring alizarin red good friend Jordan. He acted as Gates to compare after the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red distinguishes the go-between which 5 years remet, the sympathy which also became which the Gates ratio to revive an old dream the criticism and he suffers kills. He although advances into to the Long Island luxurious residential district, but he already is not "wilderness time" which Tom represents inner world citizen, also is not worships blindly the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red which Gates compares represents to be separated from the reality the illusion world fellow traveller. He represents the American mid-west the traditional ideas and the moral criterion. He happiness illusion which loses compared to the pursue has many critical criticisms regarding Gates, regarding was fastidious the

semblance but innermost feelings vulgar Tom and the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red has carried on fair whipping. After Gates compared to dies, former days guest did not make an appearance, the black eyebrow coloring alizarin red accompanied the husband to depart by far, Nick pertinent had pointed out society's false and the heartlessness, caused the reader compared to the

American dream necessity which pursued to be disillusioned regarding Gates had the profound impression.

中文：

小说通过完美的艺术形式描写了20年代贩酒暴发户盖茨比所追求的“美国梦”的幻

灭，揭示了美国社会的悲剧。

盖茨比与黛茜的恋爱和分手本来是个很普通的爱情故事。但作者出手不凡，把盖茨

比热恋的姑娘当作青春、金钱和地位的象征，当作*手段追求富裕物质生活的“美国

梦”。盖茨比为了追求黛茜耗尽了自己的感情和才智，最后葬送掉自己的生命。他天真

地以为：有了金钱就能重温旧梦，赎回失去的爱情。可惜，他错了。他看错了黛茜这个

粗俗浅薄的女人。他看错了表面上灯红酒绿而精神上空虚无聊的社会。他生活在梦幻之

中，被黛茜抛弃，为社会冷落，终于铸成了无法挽回的悲剧。

盖茨比是20年代典型的美国青年。他的遭遇正是欢歌笑舞的“爵士时代”的写照。 作者为小说设计了一个“双重主人公”尼克·卡罗威。他的重要性在许多方面不亚 于主人公盖茨比。他既是故事的叙述者和评论者，又是小说中一个重要人物。他与矛盾

着的双方都有千丝万缕的关系。他是盖茨比的邻居和朋友，又是黛茜的表哥、汤姆的同

学，还热恋着黛茜的好友乔丹。他充当了盖茨比和黛茜分别5年后重新见面的牵线人，

又成为盖茨比重温旧梦的批评者和他惨遭杀害的同情者。他虽然跻身于长岛豪华的住宅

区，但他既不是汤姆所代表的“荒原时代”的精神世界的公民，也不是盖茨比所代表的

盲目崇拜黛茜的脱离现实的梦幻世界的同路人。他代表美国中西部的传统观念和道德准

则。他对于盖茨比追求失去的幸福的梦幻有许多中肯的批评，对于讲究外表而内心卑俗

的汤姆和黛茜则进行了公正的鞭挞。盖茨比死后，昔日的宾客一个也不露面，黛茜则陪

丈夫远远离去，尼克一针见血地指出了社会的虚伪和无情，使读者对于盖茨比所追求的

美国梦的必然破灭有了深刻的印象。

小说采用第一人称的叙事手法，仿佛书中发生的一切都是尼克的亲身见闻，不加虚

饰，令人感到亲切可信。尼克和盖茨比两人从陌生到认识，感情上既有距离，又有融和，

富有多种层次的结合和区别，写得脉络清晰，恰到好处。这种把不同的观点巧妙地统一

在一部小说中，使作品具有深刻的内涵和严密的结构，正是作者独特的艺术成就。 作者在叙述中还运用了许多丰富生动的比喻，使人物的感情起伏和场景的变换增添

了抒情的色彩。精采的比喻常常被用来渲染梦幻的气氛，表达精神的空虚。如尼克初次

到汤姆家，看到黛茜和她女友贝克坐在沙发上“活像浮在一个停泊在地面上空的大气

球”，后来才“慢慢地降落地面”。盖茨比在家里第一次与黛茜重逢时伸手去抓她的手，

以一种创造性的热情投入了他的梦幻。“不断添枝加叶，用飘来的每一根绚丽的羽毛加

以缀饰”。这些梦幻是“牢牢地建立在仙女的翅膀上的”。内涵深刻的比喻把盖茨比对

“美国梦”的追求描绘得维妙维肖，跃然纸上。

小说还运用了象征的手法来揭示人物内心的活动与环境的冷酷。比如：西卵码头尽

头有一盏绿灯，盖茨比常常在晚上孤独地望着它，伸开双手想去拥抱它——那青春和爱

情的象征，仿佛是黛茜的化身。小说末了，尼克又想起了盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，似乎近

在眼前，他几乎不可能抓不住，实际上却可望而不可即，他的梦想已经远远逝去了。又

如书中六次出现的“埃克尔堡大夫的眼睛”是蓝色的，“若有所思，阴郁地俯视这片阴

沉沉的灰堆”。它象征不幸和灾难。在情节发展的关键之处，这双眼睛好像复活了，它

仿佛看着盖茨比去跟汤姆摊牌，又预见到威尔逊要去杀死盖茨比。浑身铜臭的黛茜爱穿

白色的上衣和裙子，宛如纯洁可爱的天使，其实她的灵魂污点斑斑。这象征纯洁的白色

像一面洁白的镜子，把她的灵魂深处暴露无余。盖茨比重温旧梦的幻想一去不复返了。

作者用五光十色的音符谱出了一曲凄怅的悲歌，给人留下无限的思索。

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇五
《《了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记》

《了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记

作者：（美）菲茨杰拉德

出版社：中国出版集团

出版时间：2009-05 页数：164

阅读时间：2012年9月

《了不起的盖茨比》，看到这个名字很容易让人觉得这是一部很励志，结局也很圆满的著作。一次偶然的机会，在图书馆看到了这本书，同学推荐说看着挺不错，就借回来看。 仔细阅读之后，才发现与我先前所想的大相径庭，甚至可以说是截然相反，原来这是一个年轻人追求美国梦的悲剧。

小说是以一个第三人的视角写的。故事发生在上世纪二三十年代的美国，资本主义飞速发展，出现了很多暴发户。盖茨比就是其中之一，尽管他的钱来得不是很正当，但是他为人善良，在他的别墅里举办大型的宴会，供一些人白吃白喝，而他所做的这一切，只是为了能够挽回五年前的一切。

小说的讲述者尼克认识黛西一家，黛西的丈夫有第三者，黛西觉得很痛苦，但又无法离婚。盖茨比托尼克带黛西来自己家中，因为黛西就是盖茨比五年前的恋人，他希望能与黛西重续前缘。黛西如约前来，黛西看到盖茨比现在那么有钱，惊讶到流泪（我怎么在她身上看到《马丁·伊登》中罗斯的影子了呢）。盖茨比只想让黛西离婚，为此他当众对黛西的丈夫汤姆说，黛西从来没有爱过你！但是黛西退缩了，她承认自己已经和汤姆有了孩子，至少曾经爱过汤姆。盖茨比很失望，不过还是没有放弃。后来尼克和汤姆一群人去开车兜风，黛西和盖茨比同乘一车，黛西开车撞死了汤姆的情人。盖茨比觉得无所谓，他只关心黛西的安危，没有人看到肇事者，盖茨比送黛西回家，看到黛西家的灯熄灭了之后（等到凌晨），才回家休息。汤姆的情人的丈夫（真乱）不惜一切代价为妻子报仇，凭借蛛丝马迹找到了汤姆，汤姆说是盖茨比干的。结果盖茨比的梦想终于破灭，那个人枪杀了他，这个只凭梦想活着的男人就此结束了他的一生。

让人心寒的还在后面。盖茨比死了之后，那些宾客们都不来出席他的葬礼，唯恐这件凶杀案与自己有所牵连。尼克尽了自己的一切努力，希望能联系到黛西，然而黛西一家搬走了，就仿佛盖茨比和自己从来就没有认识过，只是一个陌路人（盖茨比是因为黛西才死的呀）。

尽管盖茨比的命运是一个悲剧，但是我仍然很喜欢他这个人物形象，觉得盖茨比依然是很伟大的，原因有以下几点：

1. 出淤泥而不染。盖茨比的豪宅具有宫殿般的奢华：海景别墅，私人海滩，两艘汽艇，八个佣人，跳台泳池，劳斯莱斯。每个周末，宾客满座，络绎不绝。男男女女们在舞池狂欢，豪饮高歌，放纵享乐。这一切都是盖茨比提供的，但她别人从不参与进来，他不喝酒，不狂欢，他喜欢独处，心中有高尚的情操，保持着一份与世俗的与众不同。直到被害前不久，盖茨比才说，“你知道吗，老兄，我整个夏天从来没用过那个游泳池。”即使从小受到家庭教育不轻易评价人的故事叙述者尼克也忍不住第一次直接坦白地评价盖茨比。“他们是一帮混蛋，”我隔着草坪喊道，“他们那一帮子都放在一堆还比不上你。”如果你能体会到这句话的分量之重，你就能了解到盖茨比在作者心目中是多么了不起。在作者看来再多的受到社会腐蚀的人也比不上一颗赤子之心的。

2. 为爱执着，从一而终。

初次见到女神的时候，盖茨比是一个一无所有的屌丝，只是在人群中多看了她一眼，再也没能忘掉她的容颜，产生了一段缠绵悱恻的单恋。在他艰苦奋斗，逆袭成高富帅后，凭借他的

实力找个拥有黛西般美貌的女子本不在话下，但盖茨比坚持黛西到了痴迷的地步，他愿意为女神做任何事。他特意把豪宅安置在黛西家的对面，隔海相望，为的是夜晚可以看到海对面的那盏绿灯，遥寄盖茨比构筑的梦。当盖茨比与黛西相遇，他害羞害怕，神色仓皇，战战兢兢，一刻不停地看着黛西，这不正表现了他那难以言表的爱吗。由于黛西不喜欢盖茨比家里的派对和佣人，盖茨比把多有佣人都辞掉了。“由于她看了不赞成，这座大酒店就像纸牌搭的房子一样整个坍掉了。一起坍掉的还有，当盖茨比领悟到黛西徒有其表，其实是个拜金女时，他的梦随的身体一同消亡。在我们旁人看来，这样太不值太愚蠢了。

3.凭借个人奋斗，实现美国梦

美国梦的含义是，无论出身，只要通过不懈努力，任何人都可以实现梦想。盖茨比就是美国梦的化身，他出身屌丝，靠自己的才智和双手，年纪轻轻就创造了巨大的财富。他的名字“杰伊·盖茨比来自于他对自己柏拉图式的理念，他是上帝的儿子”，“字面的意思是他必须为他的天父效命，献身于一种博大、庸俗、华而不实的美。”他立志高远，不碌碌无为苟活于世。在他父亲无意发现的书中，盖茨比端端正正地写有时间表和个人决心，他每天的时间几乎都安排在两件事上——学习和运动。他的决心包括不要浪费时间，不吸烟，每周都要读有益的书，对父母更加体贴等等。他的父亲说“真是从小见大”，“杰米是注定要出人头地的”。最终我们撇开盖茨比之死不谈，当时的盖茨比显然成为了一名成功人士，甚至达到了辉煌的境地，且财富取之有道，飞黄腾达之时，仍不忘故人，待人友善。

盖茨比的一生是悲剧的，然而也是伟大的。(2000字左右）

09级4班 李华

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇六
《了不起的盖茨比读后感》

Novel describe and buy to sell through perfect art form wine upstart" American dream" that Gatsby pursue unreal the twenties Kill , has announced the tragedy of the American society. Gatsby falls in love with Daisy and departure is actually a very ordinary love story. But the author makes skilful opening moves, regard girl whom Gatsby loved the symbols of the youth, money and status deeply as, Regard U.S.A. as by means to pursue rich material life" Dream of". For pursue Gatsby Daisy exhaust own emotion and ability and intelligence, ruin one's own life. He thought innocently : Can revive an old dream after having money, redeem the lost love. It's a pity , he is wrong. He has misunderstood this one of Daisy Vulgar and shallow woman . He has misunderstood the boring society on the surface dissipated and luxurious and hollowly on spirit. Whether it live he the dreamlike China, is abandoned by Daisy, treats for the society coldly, Cast the tragedy that can't retrieve at last.Gatsby is the typical American youth in the twenties. Experience of him whether joyous song smile at portrayal in" knight's times" of dance. Sweetheart Daisy of one's early years such as Gatsby marry rich and life dissolute Tom. For win Daisy, by buy to sell he wine accumulate first a large sum of wealth again He thought innocently : Can revive an old dream after having money, redeem the lost love .But he fails to gain Daisy's heart finally, has exhausted one's own emotion and ability and intelligence in order to pursue Daisy, Ruin one's own life finally. The illusion that Gatsby revived an old dream has gone for ever. The author composes a chilly and disappointed sad melody with the multicoloured note, leave somebody limitless thinking.

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇七
《了不起的盖茨比读后感》

《了不起的盖茨比》读后感

F.S.菲茨杰拉德是美国20世纪最重要的小说家之一，在美国文坛占据这重要的位置。他是“迷惘的一代”的代表作家，是“爵士时代”的桂冠诗人。其代表作有《人间天堂》、《美丽的不幸者》、《夜色温柔》、《了不起的盖茨比》，短篇小说集有《爵士时代的故事》、《所有悲伤的年轻人的故事》等等，其中《了不起的盖茨比》被认为是菲茨杰拉德最优秀的作品。

菲茨杰拉德的小说生动地反映了20世纪20年代“美国梦”的破灭，展示了大萧条时期美国上层社会“荒原时代”的精神面貌，其人生经历和他的作品都可以说明，他是美国“爵士时代”的代言人，是20世纪20年代具有代表性的作家，他有成功与辉煌的一面，又有枯涩和失意的一面，曾被称为“失败的权威”。他的生命交织着雄心与现实、成功和失败、得意与潦倒、纵情与颓废、爱情与痛苦、美国文明与欧洲文明的冲突、东部与西部的冲突、梦想和幻灭……这一切都在他的小说里表现得淋漓尽致，而其中，最具有代表性的《了不起的盖茨比》奠定了作者在现代美国文学史上的地位。

故事发生在现代化的美国社会中上阶层的白人圈内，并通过卡洛维的叙述展开。卡洛维出生于美国中西部，后来到美国纽约学习经营股票生意，并想以此发财。他住在长岛，与故事的主人公盖茨比为邻，并与之交上了朋友。盖茨比原名盖兹，和卡洛维一样也来自中西部，他出身贫寒，胆雄心勃勃，后因贩卖私酒而暴富。他经常在家举办大型豪华聚会，大宴宾客，以显示其阔绰，目的是为了吸引五年前的恋人黛西并赢回她的芳心。五年前在盖茨比服兵役时，黛西曾是他的恋人，在盖茨比去海外参加第一次世界大战期间，由于利欲熏心嫁给了出身富豪家庭的纨绔子弟汤姆.布坎南。然而物欲和肉欲的满足并没能填补黛西精神上的空虚与贫乏。在卡洛维的帮助下，与盖茨比重逢后好像又旧情复燃。但黛西已不是原来的黛西，她不再是盖茨比想象中的纯情女孩，而是一个愚蠢、自私、庸俗、美丽的躯壳。盖茨比的美丽旧梦终于被打碎了，但他还在做最后的挣扎，仍对黛西抱有一丝幻想，以致遭遇了更加凄惨可悲的结局。后来黛西在一次酒后，驾驶盖茨比的车撞死了汤姆的情妇，却与汤姆一道密谋并残忍地嫁祸于盖茨比，导致死者的丈夫突然闯入盖茨比的家中并开枪打死了盖茨比，然后自杀身亡，使盖茨比最终彻底成为自私而残忍的黛西的牺牲品。

《了不起的盖茨比》细腻而准确的展现了20世纪20年代美国的社会风貌，细致地描绘了当时被称为“爵士时代”的那种纸醉金迷、灯红酒绿的狂热场面。

在小说中，作者精心挑选了代表不同社会阶层的人物并以他们的生活反映美国20年代的社会生活。汤姆和黛西是当时旧贵族的代表。他们追求生活的优雅与情趣，精神空虚，只会用金钱去消磨打发百无聊赖的日子。他们道德堕落，自私，没有责任感，“他们是粗心大

意的人，汤姆和黛西，他们毁掉了东西和人，然后就退缩到自己的金钱堆里或异乎寻常的麻木不仁当中，……，让别人去收拾他们制造的烂摊子”。盖茨比是通过自己艰苦奋斗而发家致富的新贵。他为理想而努力，感情真挚而忠诚。但他爱讲排场，喜欢炫耀，没有品位。威尔逊夫妇是下层劳动人民，他们虽然辛苦劳作，生活仍然贫苦，没有前途，命运悲苦。但不管这些人属于哪个社会阶层，无不崇尚金钱，追求享乐。金钱已成为美国人生活中的价值取向，成为众人生活的“新圣经”。20年代的美国成了一个唯利是图，道德沦丧的国度。

作者凭借着优美的语言，精妙绝伦的技巧呈现了新颖而深邃的内容，淋漓尽致地表现了“‘美国梦’的破灭”这一主题，堪称“美国20年代‘美国梦’破灭的一首绝唱”

了不起的盖茨比读后感英文篇八
《《了不起的盖茨比》读后感》

《了不起的盖茨比》读后感

我年纪还轻，阅历不深的时候，我父亲教导我一句话，我至今念念不忘。 “每逢你想要批评任何人的时候，”他对我说，“你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你那些优越的条件。”

——《了不起的盖茨比》

不知有多少人是因为村上春树才读菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》，我只是其中的一个。但是还有一个原因，那就是电影版的《了不起的盖茨比》是我最喜欢的美国演员莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥担任男主角，村上多次在他的作品里提到过菲茨杰拉德和《了不起的盖茨比》，如果没记错的话，第一次知道菲茨杰拉德是因为读《挪威的森林》，后来好奇，就决定看一遍《了不起的盖茨比》 菲茨杰拉德用了第一人称内聚焦的叙事方式，通过尼克的回忆来讲故事，他既是当局者，又是旁观者。作为当局者，他是盖茨比的邻居，是黛西的远房表哥，是汤姆的旧相识，他和乔丹交往，参加盖茨比的奢华派对，帮盖茨比搭起与黛西重聚的桥梁，他目睹汤姆与盖茨比之间的冲突，知道茉特尔出事的真相，他处理盖茨比的后事„ „作为旁观者，他从不识盖茨比到成为盖茨比的送殡人，这短短日子里的经历令他最终看透了他接触过的那些人，看清了他所生存的那个“黄金”年代的美国社会„ „

我们通过尼克进入故事，以他的角度来观察、分析和思考，通常运用第一人称内聚焦这种叙事手法都会令人读得如临其境，真实感极强。

真实到连故事里每个人所向往和追求的似乎都是应该被理解的真实，包括盖茨比。虽然盖茨比追求的是一个看似虚无的梦想，但他需要的同样也是一种真实，一个黛西，一段他自以为暂停的爱情。可是实与虚又好像是一体的，黛西是真实的，而盖茨比苦苦追求的爱情梦想却如他豪宅对岸的小绿灯一般虚无缥缈，黛西无情的离开，盖茨比的被害，葬礼的冷清„ „盖茨比的苦心经营最终换来的是一场空，他追求的梦只是一个短暂而美丽的气泡。

通过尼克之口来讲盖茨比的故事是最合适的，从某种意义上来讲，尼克和盖茨比是同一种人。因为盖茨比死后，尼克还一直以为黛西会回来，至少会打个电话，还以为昔日参加盖茨比派对的“朋友”会来参加葬礼，直到最后没接到黛西

一个电话，直到在五号路遇见汤姆以后，尼克才渐渐领悟到些什么。在尼克心中，盖茨比始终都了不起，他既是当初搞奢华派对的富豪盖茨比，也是最后活在他心中的追梦赤子盖茨比。

盖茨比是一个了不起的人，他的了不起在于他无所顾忌地爱着黛西多年，他的心是纯粹的。虽然盖茨比经过多年的奋斗，进入了上流社会的圈子，他从来不为金钱、权力与荣誉所动，事业上的建构是为了与黛西更接近。不幸的是，他的一生以悲剧结束，包括他梦寐以求的爱情。

——12文化事业管理：许宏运

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