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了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇一
《《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.

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇二
《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.

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇三
《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,

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇四
《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。

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇五
《《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

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇六
《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.

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇七
《了不起的盖茨比读后感》

了不起的盖茨比读后感

1-5

尼克·卡拉韦在医生的引导下，讲诉着自己和一位单身贵族杰伊·盖茨比从认识到分离的那段时光。1922年的纽约经济繁荣，年轻人为了赚大钱都前往华尔街，尼克也是其中之一。尼克在距离纽约20英里远的长岛西卵区租了间小屋，那里住着一群暴发户。而在他小屋的隔壁，就是属于盖茨比的城堡。

5-10

一转眼到了夏天，尼克去堂妹黛西家吃饭。黛西住在属于贵族的东卵区，她嫁给了一位富翁兼运动明星汤姆·布坎南。尼克一进到汤姆的城堡中就惊叹不已，黛西介绍了著名的高尔夫球手乔丹贝克。贝克提起了盖茨比。黛西听到盖茨比时有些惊讶和迟疑。

10-15

就在大家享用晚餐都很开心时，电话响起，贵族中在用餐时间打电话是失礼的行为，气氛变得尴尬。尼克从贝克口中得知汤姆在纽约有了新欢。等尼克回到家中他看到有个人站在盖茨比家的码头，那个人似乎在企图接近黑暗中的那点绿光。尼克不愿意继续谈论盖茨比，医生让尼克写下来。

15-20

汤姆带尼克前往城镇，就在火车即将启动时，汤姆突然带着尼克跳车。两人来到一个叫威尔逊的修车工人家里，威尔逊的妻子默尔特正是汤姆的情妇。尼克不得已跟汤姆去了汤姆在纽约为默尔特准备的公寓，中途尼克想要离开，汤姆却留下他，而默尔特的妹妹凯瑟琳还给尼克喂下了神经药物。

20-25

在药物的刺激下，尼克跟凯瑟琳、汤姆、默尔特等人在公寓内狂欢。尼克渐渐迷失了自我，但是另一个清醒的他却在看着这个奢靡的夜晚。第二天尼克醒来发现自己已经回到家里，同时尼克收到了盖茨比的周末派对邀请。盖茨比每周末晚上都在家里举办盛大的派对，任何人即使没有收到邀请同样能来参加。

25-30

尼克第一次进入盖茨比豪华的城堡中，每个人都尽情参与到这场盛大的狂欢，却没有一个人真正知道盖茨比是谁。贝克突然出现说要带尼克去找盖茨比，贝克和尼克闯入了一间藏书室，一个满头白发的管理员说他们不会找到盖茨比的。尼克和贝克回到狂欢的人群中，而真正的盖茨比就在尼克身边出现。

30-35

在尼克心中，第一次见到的盖茨比就挂着让人难忘的笑容。盖茨比留下对尼克第二天一起去水上划艇的邀请后就离开了舞池。下人来转达盖茨比对贝克小姐的邀请，贝克也离开了，尼克一人留在喧嚣的舞池。等到舞会散场，尼克独自走回自己的小屋。

35-40

尼克又和盖茨比接触过几次，但是尼克始终不了解盖茨比。有一天盖茨比开着自己的黄色跑车来到尼克的小屋前，说要载尼克去吃午饭。在路上盖茨比说了自己的经历，尼克却始终不能相信那些过于神奇的故事。快到目的地时盖茨比说他需要尼克帮一个忙，具体事情贝克小姐将会转达。

40-45

盖茨比带着尼克来到一间理发店，向他介绍了迈耶·沃尔夫山姆先生，之后三人通过理发店的一个秘密通道进入了另一个狂欢场地。盖茨比和沃尔夫山姆似乎有种私下联系，这里的一切都让尼克摸不到头脑。这时汤姆出现，盖茨比脸色一变，趁着尼克和汤姆打招呼之际默默转身离开。

45-50

尼克和贝克约好喝茶并告知一切。贝克告诉尼克盖茨比想要邀请黛西喝茶。原来五年前黛西和盖茨比曾是一对恋人，后来盖茨比参加战争，黛西以为盖茨比牺牲了，适时出现的汤姆迎娶了黛西，但汤姆婚后很快就开始风流。尼克回到自家小屋前，看到盖茨比独自一人在徘徊，尼克告诉盖茨比他会帮忙约黛西来家里。

了不起的盖茨比英文读后感篇八
《了不起的盖茨比 读后感》

《了不起的盖茨比》是一部家喻户晓的美国小说，这部小说和它的作者菲茨杰拉德深深地影响了后来的一大批美国小说家如海明威、塞林格、卡波特，甚至连远隔重洋的日本当代小说家村上春树也十分钟爱这部小说，他在自己的小说中借主人公之言：“兴之所至，我便习惯性地从书架中抽出《了不起的盖茨比》，信手翻开一页，读上一段，一次都没让我失望过，没有一页使人兴味索然。何等妙不可言的杰作！”

《了不起的盖茨比》作为一部经典，在写作技巧上自有其成功之处，结构紧凑，文笔流畅，多运用象征手法，小说随着尼克的叙述展开，既有旁观者超然物外的姿态对现实讽刺批判，又能深入到小说人物之间，感受他们的悲欢。仅仅是文字和技巧方面的成就，就已让人爱不释手。

而一部作品若想成为经典，只靠文字和技巧上的成就是不够的，它必然要在思想层面上具有人类共同拥有的“精神内核”，从而无论是“爵士时代”还是“网络时代”的人们都可以从阅读中有所获得。

“美国梦”便是《了不起的盖茨比》的精神内核。

“美国梦”起源于殖民时期，本杰明•富兰克林曾提出关于追求个人主义，通过自力更生获得幸福的信条。也就是说，任何人，不论他的出身、种族及宗教信仰如何，凭借勇气、勤奋及运气，都能获得成功。 之所以称其为“美国梦”，不过是刚踏上“新大陆”的欧洲人，面对这片富饶的土地，相信他们的梦想可以在这片广阔的土地上实现。实际上，人人平等、公平竞争何尝不是人类共有的梦想。

而《了不起的盖茨比》却给狂热追求“美国梦”的人们泼了一盆冷水，“美国梦”本身并不是菲茨杰拉德责难的对象，菲茨杰拉德批判的是腐化堕落的“美国梦”，是变质为不择手段，追求金钱、追求恣意挥霍享乐的“美国梦”。

小说中尼克、盖茨比、汤姆和黛西都意图从中西部到东部去实现他们的梦想——对金钱、名誉、成功、刺激的追求。黛西不会嫁给一个一文不名的男人，她和汤姆的生活必须由豪华的房子、马球、旅游和每天盘算着如何打发时光构成；而盖茨比也只有在通过各种非法手段赚到大笔的钱，住进海滨别墅，过上一掷千金的生活之后，才感到自己有信心去“赢”回黛西——他的“美国梦”。

正是对这种已然“物质化”了的梦想的盲目追逐，使那个时代的人们陷入了一种缺乏洞察力的状态——追求由金钱、名誉堆砌的成功，却精神生活空虚，外表的繁华难以掩盖空洞、虚伪的社会风气。

盖茨比的悲剧在于他没有意识到他一生追求的“美国梦”的虚伪性和无意义性。作者在结尾也写到：“He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him…”盖茨比渴望用金钱赢回黛西的感情，但却意识不到一个如黛西一般的拜金女子已无真挚感情可言。对金钱的膜拜已使当时社会的大多数人冷酷无情，盖茨比生前宾客盈门，死后却无人参加葬礼，这就是对当时社会风气最大的讽刺。在这样一种社会风气中却痴情或纯情如盖茨比者，只能有悲剧性的结局。而正是因为盖茨不同于当时社会中的大多数人，还拥有自己纯真的梦想，所以才被菲茨杰拉德用“Great”来形容吧。

对梦想的追求是人类永恒的话题，有人狂热追求名利，有人也会为人类平等献出生命。而现实中梦想却极易物质化，追求金钱和优越的物质生活显然比追求人人平等、友爱有诱惑得多。但无论是何种境界的追求，归根结蒂，我认为还是追求精神方面的满足——这也是人不同于动物的方面。纯物质的追求永远不会给人深层次的满足，它只会使人欲望不断膨胀，在追求中丧失对人对己的洞察力，不知道自己真正需要的是什么，把对物质的追求当作自己的全部追求，结局只有更深重的失望。

《了不起的盖茨比》在叙述中不乏伤感的基调，主题思想似乎与时代的进取精神背道而驰，因此纵然是经典，也断然算不上书店里的畅销书。但正是这种冷眼旁观的文字，让人们在“积极进取”的同时，不妨稍停片刻，对自己所追求之物重新审视，不要在当前时代的风气中迷失方向。

菲茨杰拉德自己也了然，他能做的不过是一部小说，人类整体对物质的狂热是无法停滞的。 用《了不起的盖茨比》最后一句话作为结束，这也是刻在菲茨杰拉德墓碑上的文字：

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

盖茨比最终凄凉死去，无人流泪，无人哀悼。然而隔了半个多世纪，我们仍在为盖茨比扼腕，我们追随着他，甚至追随着码头对岸黛西家的那盏绿灯。我们看着盖茨比梦的破灭的同时，也审视了自己——到底什么才是我们的梦想，到底怎样的梦想才不至于让我们倒退？我们时时质问，却迟迟得不到回答。

或许每个人的心间，总是存在过这样的一盏绿灯，我们为之痴迷神往，如飞蛾扑火般的不顾一切。因为我们听到了它的召唤，仿佛一只无形的手，牢牢地抓住我们的命脉——唯有追逐，才得永恒——不管这个梦想，是有着气吞山河的盛大，还是小悲小喜的微末。我们永不会知道结局如何，也无需记挂，就好像盖茨比在跨出了第一步时，势必不会因为第二步的不可知而畏首畏尾。再是虚无的梦，即使存在就是一种幻灭，我们亦是小心翼翼地呵护。但凡我们的心说：“走吧，年轻人”，即使荆棘遍地，我们也要跋山涉水，逆流而上。

菲茨杰拉德曾说：“法国是一片土地，英国是一个民族，但是美国……是一颗赤子之心”我们从这颗赤子之心中看尽哀乐人间，同时也暗暗滋生出自己的梦想。在每一个晴朗的早晨，我们选择张开双臂，看得更远，跑得更快……

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