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了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇一
《了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记》

Why Gatsby is Great?

——After reading The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is written by an American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. The Great Gatsby is his most famous novel. The movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby is very popular during this period, so I read this famous novel.

The story is about the young and mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby and narrated by Nick Carraway. Nick is the neighbor of Gatsby and is connected with other characters. As far as I am concerned, Nick is absolutely a good narrator, which offers an objective angle for us readers to have a comprehensive understanding of the story.

However, the story is a tragedy with an ending that Gatsby is killed wrongly. For his whole life after he falls in love with Daisy, an elegant and attractive but shallow and selfish young lady, he strives for years to become a millionaire even in an illegal way. But Gatsby doesn’t realize the truth of his love and still sacrifices for his dream blindly, even by paying with his life. Gatsby takes the blame of killing Myrtle for Daisy, and is shot by Myrtle’s husband who is incited by Tom. Sadly, after his death, all Gatsby gains is Daisy’s indifference.

I am curious about the novel title The Great Gatsby and have my own understanding. Why is Gatsby great? In my opinion, it is about the difference between Gatsby and other characters. Even Gatsby’s dream of getting his first love Daisy’s heart finally leads to his tragedy; Gatsby is pure and idealistic relative to other characters to a certain extent. Gatsby is enthusiastic, sincere and persevering. On the contrary, Daisy is self-absorbed, and Tom is heartless and cruel with a bad faith. Wilson is cowardly and suspicious and Myrtle is adulterous. And the people in the upper ten who enjoy the good wine and dainty food offered by Gatsby actually do not accept him as one of them. People are cold and detached, and we can learn about that with their indifference after Gatsby’s death.

了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇二
《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书笔记篇三
《了不起的盖茨比读书笔记》

了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记

时间:9.16 ——9.28

书名《了不起的盖茨比》

在峰哥的淳淳教导下,从本学期开始我要养成阅读图书的好习惯,于是本学期读的第一本书是《了不起的盖茨比》。

一直听说《了不起的盖茨比》是一部了不起的巨作,如今有幸拜读了这本书,有些许感受和想法,现在我把它记录下来。

这部小说的背景被设定在现代化的美国社会中上阶层的白人圈内,通过卡拉韦的叙述展开。卡拉韦出生于美国中西部,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。盖茨比原名盖茨,和卡拉韦一样也来自中西部,他出身贫苦,但雄心勃勃,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于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。在卡拉韦的帮助下,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,以至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时轧死了汤姆的情妇,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。

看完这本书,确实特别吸引人,也很喜欢它。喜欢《了不起的盖茨比》的理由有很多:喜欢开头那句父亲的忠告:你在评论他人的时候,要记住并非所有的人都有你这样优越的条件。喜欢看着盖茨比站在海边遥望黛西家码头上的绿灯,喜欢看着他“以奇怪的方式伸出手臂”,喜欢那种惊奇和热切;喜欢盖茨比豪宅上彻夜不明的灯光,和从花园里随风飘至的音乐和笑声,那样声色犬马,醉生梦死。以及盖茨比躲在这一切繁华背后的孤独和被压抑的欲望。喜欢死后的那段人情冷暖,喜欢看着那辆来自另一个世界尽头的汽车来到豪宅门口,却没有发现美好的宴会早已散场。也喜欢书中的语言、隐喻、讲故事的方式,和精致却缜密的结构。有人说,只有在反复阅读之后,你才会发现原来书中的每个人不仅丰满、独立,而且在无形之中又被归拢在情节的网罗里,成为情节的一部分。虽然我现在还没那么深刻的感悟。

当我翻完《了不起的盖茨比》的最后一页,有种无奈与惋惜,我为盖茨比的命运而惋惜。在爱情面前,盖茨比永远是在等待,从他发现在码头尽头黛茜的倩影还有她身后的那盏绿色的灯开始,他就陷入了坚毅但痛苦的守望,虽然这种守望在许多时候对于看似很聪明的人来说,简直是愚不可及。当我们面对一个满眼只有金钱但却当着你的面柔情的说爱你的女孩该如何应对呢?更恐怖是,她并没

有逢场作戏,她真诚的眼神让你无法回避你那什么也没有的钱包时候,也许我们抱以回应的只能是尴尬的猜测与沉默了。但盖茨比却坚定的意识到,她是爱他的,只是他没有钱。于是,盖茨比的悲剧也就此开始上演。菲茨杰拉德也伟大的令我们有无数话需要表达却也只好闭紧嘴巴,看着盖茨比无可挽回的渐渐的倒在了后来他自己建造爱情幻想花园的后院中。 准确的说,我们应该讨厌的并不是那个物质主义女孩黛茜,与她对世态的冷漠与玩世不恭一起,她选择了生活的安逸与平淡,尽管她不一定是达到了她选择的初衷。

很多人不理解盖茨比为什么那么执着的等待着,只有盖茨比唯一的朋友尼克理解了他的等待。也许,应该说菲茨杰拉德理解了人群中的等待。虽然菲茨杰拉德随后也把这种等待抛诸脑后,坠入不可遏制的失败中,他终究没有办法化解掉等待那难言的孤苦与焦虑。但当盖茨比荒唐的被手枪打死的一刻,他笔下的尼克伤感坐在了盖茨比无数次去过的海滩上缅怀着那个久远的,未知的世界。他理解了盖茨比第一次认出了黛茜的码头后那奇妙的惊讶,也明白了盖茨比之后在蓝色草坪上等待黛茜靠岸的所有举动,更重要的是,在他无限的怅惘中,盖茨比的梦也已经飘散,在依稀的人声鼎沸的幻觉中,只有盖茨比消逝于这个混沌的世界,留下的是逆水行舟后的倒退,还有他镇定而紧张的等待爱情与梦幻的孩子一样的眼神。

我们都曾坚持过什么,也许已经忘记,也许仍旧铭记却无力实现。

用了一周多的时间把这本书看了两遍,对于从来不看打着世界名著标签的书的自己,对于已经变得懒惰又恶俗的自己实属不易。

这仅仅是一个梦碎的故事,所有的情节所有的人物所有的跌宕也不过是为码头尽头的那盏绿灯的熄灭铺垫的。

这本书让我感到一种委屈。为我们自己。 大人们称我们是“浮躁的一代”。 美国人称为“迷惘的一代”。

是的,他们大人们这么轻责我们。站在他们的高度,站在他们的世界。我们不是不想拥有梦想 我们都曾为心中的一个梦努力过。只是它总是那么容易就被打破。

我们唱“想回到过去”唱“追忆似水年华”,仅仅是在声嘶力竭的坚守曾经的梦想曾经的自己,当发现在乱七八糟的世界这些坚持仅仅的垃圾的时候,我们只能选择遗忘,用更垃圾的方式。没有人看到我们的委屈,大人们只是在指责我们胸无大志不学无术无病呻吟,却不想想我们生来就在这样浮躁的世界。

你们大人是从虽然艰苦却单纯美好的社会长大,你们曾经的梦想仅仅是吃饱饭吃白面过年穿新衣,你们经历过梦想实现时自我肯定的满足,而我们呢?生来就在已经异化了的世界,你们让我们不愁吃不愁穿从小顺着我们,我们拥有的梦想总是美好却在复杂的世界里被人嘲笑践踏。我们要想不成为废材就要当英雄去改变这个已经被你们损坏的世界,可我们和小时候的你们一样,我们都不是天才,我们仅仅是贫穷的小盖茨比。

我们的梦想被拎出来鞭笞再活活歼灭,我们追求被一次次证明是愚蠢的儿戏,我们的信仰换了又换却仍旧被推翻践踏,我们想单纯的爱上一件东西一个人一个世界,却总被漫天的垃圾漫天的钞票一巴掌扇到心灵深处。

但是不管世界变成什么样,我们都应该遵从自己的心,为自己而奋斗!!!

虽然文章中夹杂着别人的想法,但也是我所认同的。 最后:

记上作者菲茨杰拉德的话——

“我们继续奋力向前,逆水行舟,被不断的向后推,被推入过去。 梦想幻灭 悲剧人生 ——《了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记 《了不起的盖茨比》一书以第一次世界大战后的美国为背景,讲述了主人公盖茨比梦想幻灭后惨遭枪杀的悲剧人生。战争期间出生贫寒的年轻军人盖茨比爱上了出生在上流社会的姑娘黛西,对他一往情深却没钱娶她。战后盖茨比得知到黛西已经嫁给了富豪子弟汤姆婚后生活并不幸福,因为汤姆有情妇。为了重新赢得黛西的爱情,盖茨比发奋赚钱,短短几年里,便通过走私等非法生意发了财于是他专门在黛西家附近购置豪宅,大宴宾客,挥金如土,为的是引起黛西的注意。后来经黛西表兄的安排,盖茨比与黛西重温旧梦。汤姆发现这段隐情后,妒火中烧。黛西面临在他们之间做出选择,却态度暧昧,始终不肯放弃汤姆。她在心绪烦乱时撞死了汤姆的情妇。

盖茨比承担了责任,汤姆嫁祸于他,致使其情妇的丈夫开枪打死盖茨比。 盖茨比的悲剧源于苦苦等待五年终被爱人黛西抛弃,他死后黛西没有来参加他的葬礼,甚至“没有捎来口信,也没有送来花。”他的死是他悲剧人生的终结,却又是另一出悲剧的开始,这一出剧就叫做人情的冷漠。他生前在海湾豪宅大宴宾客,无论是受邀请的还是没受邀请的,都可以在他的就会上狂欢。书中描写道:“整整一个夏天,邻居家房子里都飘出音乐。他家那呈现蓝色调的院子里,男男女女飞蛾似的在香槟和繁星之间嗡嗡飞舞”,酒会的热闹景象可见一斑。可他死后,昔日来参加酒会的人却只有以为来参加葬礼,“我把牧师拉到一边,求他多等半个小时。可这毫无用处。没有任何人来。”这场面又是何等凄惨。昔日举办酒会的宅子从此无人搭理,“草坪上的草都及膝了”。前后一对比,当时人情的冷漠跃然于纸上。 盖茨比悲剧的实质是他梦想的破灭。黛西就是这个梦想的化身,他将一切都献给了这个梦想。“隔着海湾望着黛西家码头末端那盏绿色的灯,他的梦让他觉得近在咫尺,不可能抓不到。”然后现实无情泼了他冷水,他心爱的姑娘选择了放弃她。他失去了她,也就失去了梦想,失去了一切。 汤姆是盖茨比悲剧发生的客观促成者。他的刻意嫁祸直接导致了盖茨比的死亡。同时他是那个纸醉金迷的爵士乐时代大所数人的典型代表。他只会用肌肉思考问题,粗暴自负,仗着金钱飞扬跋扈。更可怕的是他那简单粗笨的脑袋里装入了那么多浮华的思想,“我们是统治种族,是我们创造了一切,这些构成了一切”,仿佛他坚实实在的自我中心已经不再能滋养他那颗妄自尊大的心了。在那样一个由汤姆这般推崇金钱、享乐至上、无所追求的人构建的上流社会里,盖茨比这样一个拥有纯真梦想的人显然是个异类,他的梦想之花缺乏适合生长的土壤,凋零是无可避免的。 而黛西则是盖茨比悲剧的主观根源。盖茨比将他当做梦想来追寻,渴望有一天能收获她的爱情。而黛西毕竟是上流社会的产物,是一个徒有一副美丽外表的俗物。她需要近在眼前、不容置疑的实在东西来帮助她做决定,这东西绝不可能是飘渺虚无的爱情。而已有的婚姻以及金钱无疑能满足她的要求。于是她抛弃了爱情,选择了汤姆当做金钱靠山,只有如此她才有安全感,即便不幸福。 尼克作为这个故事的叙述者,既参与其中,又是一个以睿智的眼光洞悉一切的局外人。作为盖茨比为数不多的真正的朋友之一,他理解并且同情着盖茨比。“他们是一帮混账,把他们加在一起也比不上你”,这是尼克对盖茨比的评价。他们同样拥有一颗赤子之心。而之所以盖茨比遭遇了那样的悲剧,是因为他过于热情冲动,他的梦想浪漫的近乎幻想,与主流有着激烈的冲突,终不免被时代的浊流吞噬。而尼克富于理智的判断,他尽管不喜欢周围人的虚伪势力、堕落腐化,却能安身其中而不至于被拖下泥淖。 本书的作者菲茨杰拉德不吝

以“了不起”这个词眼给盖茨比定位,可见其对盖茨比努力追寻梦想的精神是予以肯定的。主任公的梦想可能就是作者自己的梦想,就是美国梦,然而在人人沉湎于声色犬马的时代里,这样的梦想注定是无法实现的。小说这人公最终以悲剧收场,相比这其中也寄寓着作者的失望吧。

了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇四
《《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书笔记篇五
《《了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记》

梦想幻灭 悲剧人生

——《了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记

《了不起的盖茨比》一书以第一次世界大战后的美国为背景,讲述了主人公盖茨比梦想幻灭后惨遭枪杀的悲剧人生。战争期间出生贫寒的年轻军人盖茨比爱上了出生在上流社会的姑娘黛西,对他一往情深却没钱娶她。战后盖茨比得知到黛西已经嫁给了富豪子弟汤姆婚后生活并不幸福,因为汤姆有情妇。为了重新赢得黛西的爱情,盖茨比发奋赚钱,短短几年里,便通过走私等非法生意发了财于是他专门在黛西家附近购置豪宅,大宴宾客,挥金如土,为的是引起黛西的注意。后来经黛西表兄的安排,盖茨比与黛西重温旧梦。汤姆发现这段隐情后,妒火中烧。黛西面临在他们之间做出选择,却态度暧昧,始终不肯放弃汤姆。她在心绪烦乱时撞死了汤姆的情妇。盖茨比承担了责任,汤姆嫁祸于他,致使其情妇的丈夫开枪打死盖茨比。

盖茨比的悲剧源于苦苦等待五年终被爱人黛西抛弃,他死后黛西没有来参加他的葬礼,甚至“没有捎来口信,也没有送来花。”他的死是他悲剧人生的终结,却又是另一出悲剧的开始,这一出剧就叫做人情的冷漠。他生前在海湾豪宅大宴宾客,无论是受邀请的还是没受邀请的,都可以在他的就会上狂欢。书中描写道:“整整一个夏天,邻居家房子里都飘出音乐。他家那呈现蓝色调的院子里,男男女女飞蛾似的在香槟和繁星之间嗡嗡飞舞”,酒会的热闹景象可见一斑。可他死后,昔日来参加酒会的人却只有以为来参加葬礼,“我把牧师拉到一边,求他多等半个小时。可这毫无用处。没有任何人来。”这场面又是何等凄惨。昔日举办酒会的宅子从此无人搭理,“草坪上的草都及膝了”。前后一对比,当时人情的冷漠跃然于纸上。

盖茨比悲剧的实质是他梦想的破灭。黛西就是这个梦想的化身,他将一切都献给了这个梦想。“隔着海湾望着黛西家码头末端那盏绿色的灯,他的梦让他觉得近在咫尺,不可能抓不到。”然后现实无情泼了他冷水,他心爱的姑娘选择了放弃她。他失去了她,也就失去了梦想,失去了一切。

汤姆是盖茨比悲剧发生的客观促成者。他的刻意嫁祸直接导致了盖茨比的死亡。同时他是那个纸醉金迷的爵士乐时代大所数人的典型代表。他只会用肌肉思考问题,粗暴自负,仗着金钱飞扬跋扈。更可怕的是他那简单粗笨的脑袋里装入了那么多浮华的思想,“我们是统治种族,是我们创造了一切,这些构成了一切”,仿佛他坚实实在的自我中心已经不再能滋养他那颗妄自尊大的心了。在那样一个由汤姆这般推崇金钱、享乐至上、无所追求的人构建的上流社会里,盖茨比这样一个拥有纯真梦想的人显然是个异类,他的梦想之花缺乏适合生长的土壤,凋零是无可避免的。

而黛西则是盖茨比悲剧的主观根源。盖茨比将他当做梦想来追寻,渴望有一天能收获她的爱情。而黛西毕竟是上流社会的产物,是一个徒有一副美丽外表的俗物。她需要近在眼前、不容置疑的实在东西来帮助她做决定,这东西绝不可能是飘渺虚无的爱情。而已有的婚姻以及金钱无疑能满足她的要求。于是她抛弃了爱情,选择了汤姆当做金钱靠山,只有如此她才有安全感,即便不幸福。

尼克作为这个故事的叙述者,既参与其中,又是一个以睿智的眼光洞悉一切的局外人。作为盖茨比为数不多的真正的朋友之一,他理解并且同情着盖茨比。“他们是一帮混账,把他们加在一起也比不上你”,这是尼克对盖茨比的评价。他们同样拥有一颗赤子之心。而之所以盖茨比遭遇了那样的悲剧,是因为他过于热情冲动,他的梦想浪漫的近乎幻想,与主流有着激烈的冲突,终不免被时代的浊流吞噬。而尼克富于理智的判断,他尽管不喜欢周围人的虚伪势力、堕落腐化,却能安身其中而不至于被拖下泥淖。

本书的作者菲茨杰拉德不吝以“了不起”这个词眼给盖茨比定位,可见其对盖茨比努力追

寻梦想的精神是予以肯定的。主任公的梦想可能就是作者自己的梦想,就是美国梦,然而在人人沉湎于声色犬马的时代里,这样的梦想注定是无法实现的。小说这人公最终以悲剧收场,相比这其中也寄寓着作者的失望吧。

了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇六
《《了不起的盖茨比》读书笔记》

《了不起的盖茨比》读后感

我喜欢小说开头出现的,父亲教导儿子的一段话,“每逢你想要批评任何人的时候,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条件。”这些都是封底上描述的本书的伟大之处。这些文学范畴内的概念,我不是很懂。《了不起的盖茨比》,被评为“华丽的爵士时代的挽歌,如诗般梦幻。”是美国文学史上墨色浓重的一笔,百年英语文学排名,高居第二位。文学真是个永远不过时的东西,写在85年前的这段句子,它甚至与这本书的主要内容没有太多的关系,却让人为之长久的思考与反思。就像《诗经》中的“人而无仪,不死何为?”在几千年后的今天,依然让人内心震动。我还喜欢小说的最后一句话,“于是我们奋力向前,逆水行舟,被不断地向后推,被推入过去。”令人叹息的深深的一股无力感,人们,积极努力,向前迈步,迈向的终是,时光的过去。

在小说中,挥金如土的大富翁盖茨比,夜夜举办着欢歌纵饮的派对,然后他内心唯一的牵绊却是住在河对岸的黛西——他曾经的恋人和如今的女神。“然而,冰冷的现实容不下飘渺的梦,他心中的女神也不过是凡尘俗世的物质女郎。”盖茨比在真相大白后,选择了随梦一起幻灭的归途。生的孤独,是吉光羽片,死的孤独,是永恒。 这本书的文字也是如介绍所说的“诗般梦幻”,唯美的很,就连车祸,枪杀,死亡这些与美沾不上关系的场景,菲茨杰拉德仍然能以诗一般的手法展现。

喜欢《了不起的盖茨比》的理由有很多:喜欢开头那句父亲的忠告:你在评论他人的时候,要记住并非所有的人都有你这样优越的条件。喜欢看着盖茨比站在海边遥望黛西家码头上的绿灯,喜欢看着他“以奇怪的方式伸出手臂”,喜欢那种惊奇和热切;喜欢盖茨比豪宅上彻夜不明的灯光,和从花园里随风飘至的音乐和笑声,那样声色犬马,醉生梦死。以及盖茨比躲在这一切繁华背后的孤独和被压抑的欲望。喜欢死后的那段人情冷暖,喜欢看着那辆来自另一个世界尽头的汽车来到豪宅门口,却没有发现美好的宴会早已散场。也喜欢书中的语言、隐喻、讲故事的方式,和精致却缜密的结构。只有在反复阅读之后,你才会发现原来书中的每个人不仅丰满、独立,而且在无形之中又被归拢在情节的网罗里,成为情节的一部分。

正因为如此,我们都会站到了黛茜的一边,而盖茨比则会永久的站在我们的对岸,忧伤但并不哀怨的注视着等待的哀歌无尽的包围古老的悲剧。我们都曾坚持过什么,也许已经忘记,也许仍旧铭记却无力实现。

这仅仅是一个梦碎的故事,所有的情节所有的人物所有的跌宕也不过是为码头尽头的那盏绿灯的熄灭铺垫的。

这本书让我感到一种委屈。为我们自己。 大人们称我们是“浮躁的一代”。 美国人称为“迷惘的一代”。

了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇七
《了不起的盖茨比读书笔记》

前言中,姚乃强先生一直强调这是菲茨杰拉德在讲一个美国梦。通过写那个时代美国社会种种腐败现象,感受菲氏对二十年代美国表面繁荣的忧心,写因为时代的不同,美国梦的破裂,写东西部的差距和冲突。

“当我坐在那里对那个古老的、未知的世界思索时,我也想到了盖茨比第一次认出对岸黛西家码头上那盏绿灯时,他是多么的惊奇。他走过漫长的道路才来到这片蓝色的草坪上,他的梦似乎近在咫尺,唾手可得,几乎不可能抓不住的。他不知道那个梦已经远他而去,把他抛在后面,抛在这个城市后面那一片无垠的混沌之中,在那里合众国的黑色原野在夜色中滚滚向前伸展。”

而我更中意的是小说里讲述的爱情故事。

“当黛西洁白的脸贴近他的脸时,他的心越跳越快。他知道他跟这个姑娘亲吻,便把他那些不可言喻的憧憬与她的生命气息永远结合在一起了。他的心像上帝的心一样专一,绝不可痴心旁骛。因为他等着,再倾听一会那已经在一颗星上敲响的音叉。然后,他亲吻了她。经他的嘴唇一碰,她就像一朵鲜花一样为他绽放,于是这个理想的化身就完成了。”

“他诉说的一切,以及他黯然神伤的表情,使我回想起一点什么……我很久以前在什么地方听过的一个迷离恍惚的音调,几句零落的歌词。”

迷离恍惚,歌词零落。作者自己其实已经通过尼克卡拉韦这个视角把这份美好初恋看穿。这仅是存于盖茨比心里的美好。可就是为了这份美好,盖茨比一直在努力,直到付出了自己的生命。

“他站在那里双手插在口袋里,仰望像洒落的胡椒粉般布满夜空的银色繁星。我以一种奇怪的方式朝幽暗的海边望去,那里除了一盏绿色的灯之外,什么都没有。灯光微弱又遥远,也许那时一个码头的尽头。”

河对面是黛西的房子,里面住着她和她的丈夫。

盖茨比远远地望着,他知道总有一天,他会再次与黛西相遇,再次接着初恋那美丽的场景,接着把生活重新来过。

作者这个可恶的家伙又通过尼克卡拉韦这个视角把这份惦念看穿,对面什么都没有,也许那是一个码头的尽头。突然巨大的悲哀袭来。其实什么都没有。盖茨比怀着这份惦念,望了四年。

“整个夏天的夜晚我邻居家的音乐声不绝于耳。在他的蓝色花园里,男男女女像飞蛾一般在笑语、香槟酒和星光中来回晃悠。下午涨潮时,我看到他家的客人从搭在木筏上的高台上跳水,或者在晒得发烫的沙滩上晒日光浴,同时两条汽艇划破海湾的水面,拖着滑水板在飞溅的泡沫中破浪前进。每逢周末,他的那辆罗尔斯罗伊斯轿车就成了公共汽车,从早上九点到深更半夜穿梭来往,接送从城里来的一批批客人,而他的那辆旅行车则像一只敏捷的黄

色甲壳虫蹦来跳去接送所有的火车班次。到了星期一,八个仆人,外加一名园丁,用拖把、刷子、锤子和修枝剪苦苦干上一整天,收拾头天晚上留下的一片狼藉。”

这是个盛大的宴会,盖茨比每周都要举行。很多人都没有接受邀请。有的时候,他们从来到走,压根没有见过盖茨比。他们就是一心奔着晚会来的。其中很多甚至每次都来,吃饱喝足,然后对盖茨比先生大骂一番,骂到痛快后,开车离开,然后下一次再来。盖茨比可能打心底里就看不起他们,尽管都标称社会名流,无非就是一些混吃混喝的家伙罢了。他心里想的只是能见到黛西一面,于是宴会一如既往,终于因为我尼克卡拉韦和黛西兄妹的关系,黛西来了。

“这些衬衫多美,我看了很伤心,因为我从来没有见过这么这么美的衬衫。”

这是盖茨比和黛西见面后,黛西的话。重重的一个伏笔,我看了很伤心,因为我没有见过这么美的衬衫。其实你早已经见过比衬衫美10倍100倍的这么美的爱情,但仅是见过而已,你满足于见过,然后就像丢掉旧衬衫一样丢掉了,嫁给了名气和力气都称职的汤姆。再次见面,眼中仍然是漂亮的衬衫。

“要不是有水雾,我们可以看见海湾对面你家的房子,你家码头的尽头总有一盏通宵不灭的绿灯。”

我不敢想象盖茨比先生说这话时有多么辛酸,他知道黛西只不过是一个以享乐为人生最高目标的资产主义阶级小姐,没有思想,没有情操,浅薄虚假,百无聊赖,无所事事。而他自己心里却总有一盏通宵不灭的绿灯,那是他这些年源源不竭的动力。

后来盖茨比接受邀请和尼克卡拉韦一起去了黛西家里。

终于汤姆和盖茨比关于黛西的战争爆发了。

“她从来没有爱过你,你听见了吗?他跟你结了婚,只不过是因为我穷,她等我等得不耐烦了。那是一个大错,但是她心里除了我没有爱过任何人。”

“你发疯了,五年前发生的事我没法说,因为当时我还不认识黛西,可是我真他妈的想不通你怎么能沾到她的边,除非你是杂货店送货的,送食品到他家后门。至于你其余的话都是他妈的胡扯。黛西跟我结婚时她是爱我的,现在她还爱我。”

后来黛西驾车和盖茨比扬长而去。不幸的是,她“恰巧”撞死了汤姆的情妇。黛西回家去找汤姆去了。两人并不是快乐的,两人一同阴谋画策。情妇的丈夫追查到汤姆家里,汤姆夫妇两人告诉他说是盖茨比干的。盖茨比死了。葬礼上,只有神父,尼克卡拉韦,盖茨比的父亲还有那个在图书馆喝的烂醉的家伙。黛西总之是没来。

值或不值貌似已经没有什么意义,敬礼,向伟大的盖茨比。

了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇八
《读书笔记之《了不起的盖茨比》》

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正文: 信奉的那盏绿灯-----《了不起的盖茨比》

每个人心中或多或少都拥有信仰,无论这个信仰在不在那里,对于我们来说,就是继续努力下去的缘由。对于盖茨比来说,家对面码头的那盏绿灯,就是他的信仰。

刚开始看这本书的时候,只觉得很平淡,平淡到不知道与题目中的“了不起”有什么关系,也没有想到这本二十世纪的最佳小说的亚军到底精彩在哪里。疑问着为什么以尼克的视角去描写盖茨比而不是盖茨比的第一人称写,后来我才明白。起先一大堆的自述性的文字看得我聊无趣味,而且节奏也很慢,尼克无聊的参加着各种应酬活动,形形色色的人与他们花里胡哨的名字反衬着当时美国纷繁而喧嚣的社会,作者甚至用好几页纸来记录毫不相干的访客者的名姓,我当时觉得作者疯了,但现在看来一切又都是那样的富有深意。读到盖茨比想要找尼克“帮忙”时,我终于觉得这个故事开始有趣了,而盖茨比,他的形象也渐渐丰满起来。我几乎是笑着读到了故事的高潮,却也发现我再也笑不出来了。

在不超过十个的人物背后,我仿佛看到了作者在他们身上投射的各色人的形象,与寄寓的关于时代与社会的深刻反思。但我却不无心思索在印象派手法下揭示的那物欲横流的社会矛盾与冲突,或许这也正是我只愿局限于个人情感,而注定不愿将思维遍及于更现实社会的原因。十分沉浸在盖茨比向尼克最后一次,或许也是真正意义上第一次的倾诉。那一晚,盖茨比卸下了面具与华丽的伪装,他的那个无数次用来欺骗他人,甚至欺骗自己的梦如薄纱一般轻轻褪去,露出了他最“肉体凡胎”的一面。一个天真的少年,一个壮志凌云却又荒诞不经的梦,仿佛有着必然的联系,连接了上了盖茨比,也连接上了我们所有的人,仿佛如一盏绿灯,连接了两个原本平行的世界一样。很难想象为着一个梦,曾经那个“身穿一件破旧的绿色运动衫和一条帆布裤在沙滩上游荡的James Gatz,摇身一变成为温文尔雅,彬彬有礼的Jay Gatsby;很难想象那个曾经“穷的只好继续穿军服,因为买不起便服”的穷小子,一变成为可以整夜开无眠派对的风云人物。一个美国特有的励志之梦成就了多少如盖茨比这样的人,我无从知晓,但我最吃惊的还不止于此。

最令人讶异的是作者仅用了“三个月”,便彻底摧毁了盖茨比。从最初的富丽堂

皇迎来送往的海景别墅到如猪圈一样散发着霉臭味的昏暗住宅,从最初斟酌词句谨言慎行到后来面对黛西的不顾一切,奋不顾身,从最初的小心伪装到后来所有“谎言如玻璃一样在坚硬的汤姆面前一样一片片洒落满地”,他的梦想仿佛真的被他落在了身后。我很庆幸作者选择用“摧毁”而不是“创造” 的方式构建了整个故事,否则,也许也就不会有这本书今日的辉煌了。短短三个月,见证了一个站在神坛上,辉煌不可一世的人走向身败名裂。这或许正反映出那个时代,那个社会的种种劣根性。然而这不可否认他对梦想的执着,或许正是这份执着,才使他未曾沉溺于世俗的男欢女爱,金钱至上,而屹立于他们之上,而这种高贵或许注定不被所容,必将走向衰亡。而如汤姆一般“可以退守到金钱,以致麻木不仁中去”的人才可以在喧嚣的时代中行尸走肉的活下去。原来,那荒诞的梦成就了盖茨比,也毁了盖茨比。

看到书的最后,我哭了,往日人进人出的繁华喧闹的派对狂欢与葬礼上空无一人形成了强烈的反差,凸显出他命运的坎坷。他对爱情的向往造就了他的死亡。我将永远信奉那盏绿灯,是我坚持下去的理由。那灯是我一直追逐的梦想,不管我到什么时候总会找到我的梦想,梦想会随着认识的加深而变化。所以这灯是不会熄灭的,我的那盏灯已不再是‘黛西’,而我想盖茨比心中的那盏灯也不仅仅是黛西。盖茨比让我明白,即使我们坚持的是错误的,但我们选择坚持的本身就是一种伟大的胜利。

“盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯,这个一年年在我们眼前渐渐远去的极乐的未来。它从前逃脱了我们的追求,不过那没关系——明天,我们跑的更快一点„„ 把胳膊伸的更远一点„„总有一天„„ 于是,一条条小船逆流而上,我们奋力向前划,努力的想要前进,但水却承载着我们不断的.后退,后退...”

了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记篇九
《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书笔记篇十
《了不起的盖茨比读书笔记 英文版》

The Mirror of the Social Morality

——The Females in The Great Gatsby As an unreplaceable part of the society, females are often considered to be in an unequal status and act a different role from males. By now, they are gaining more and more attention. It’s interesting to analyze their words, their behaviors and their thoughts, because they are usually more sensitive to the changeable society and more likely to react to the change. Therefore, to some extent, they are a mirror of the social morality in their times. In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, there are many female characters. They are of various personalities: some of them look pure while some of them seem to be hypocritic. However, all of them play a vital role in developing the fascinating plot and fitting in the large picture of the theme. From these females, we can learn how they reflect the general corruption of the morality at Jazz Age, especially the value of money and the hypocrisy.

One of the most distinctive subject in the novel is the American values, indicated by Myrtle and Daisy especially when they choose between love and money. To begin with, Myrtle, namely Mrs.Wilson, is the wife of a garage owner George B.Wilson. Wilson loves her so much that he even becomes insane after her death.According to this, she should have cherished their marriage. However, she marries him just “because I thought he is a gentleman”(P41), and she has an affair with Tom, a man who even broke her nose. Her

choice of husband or lover is not depended on how much he loves her, but merely their status. It is strange, isn’t it? Whether she really loves Tom more than Wilson or not is uncertain, but it is clear that Tom is richer. Although Myrtle lives in lower class of the society, she is always

struggling to go up. Unlike her husband, who is “a blond, spiritless man”(P31) without the desire, she is with “immediately perceptible vitality”(P31). So she tries to improve her status but in a wrong way of having relationship with a “real gentleman” who doesn’t love her.

Compared to Myrtle, Daisy is more god-favored. Born in a relevantly rich family, she marries to a equally rich man, Tom as a matter of course. She loves Gatsby, but could not marry him because he was a man of nothing. She does not accept him later because she has no intention to leave the rather distinguished society to which she and Tom belong. When Daisy and Gatsby reunite five years later, the reason she is moved is not the persistent love from Gatsby, but Gatsby’s lavish shirts. How absurd it is!

Evidently, no matter from upper or lower class, both of Myrtle and Daisy worth status and wealthy much more than true love as many people do. At that luxury roaring 20th,

Americans treasure money most. Therefore it’s not difficult to understand why people often trade for some materials at the expense of sacrifying their love, their healthy, or something else valuable. Nowadays, some women still prefer to marry a man with large possessions rather than the one she really love, owing to the appetite of material.

Moreover, another distinctively perceivable character should be hypocrisy. Firstly, it could be noticed from Daisy. She likes to dress herself and her daughter in white, a color that symbolizes purity. In contrary, she talks to Nick with absolute smirk and insincerity, she praises at party while she dislikes West Egg, she ignores Gatsby’s profound affection, shirk responsibility onto Gatsby after she killed Myrtle and so on. Since all of these behaviors have no thing to do with pure spirit, the white dress becomes an ironic satire on her. In no way can she be as pure as she seems, neither can she perceive what purity is. She even sees

something terrible from this purity that she could never understand, which is the reason why she dislikes West Egg. Similarly, Myrtle is also hypocritic. Even though she is not in upper society, She pretends to be noble. So she lets four taxicabs drive away and finally selects “a new one, lavender-colored with grey upholstery” (P33), she acts like a queen “throwing a regal homecoming glance” (P34) at the arrival at the apartment, and she laughs, talks and revolves with impressive hauteur at the party she holds. She strives to be elegant but only to make others feel lousy. Her sister Catherine’s appearance arouses the same unpleasant feeling. She wears heavy makeup with “solid, sticky bob of red hair, powdered milky white,

eyebrows drawn at a rakish angle and pottery bracelets.”(P36) Unfortunately, the restoration of beauty against nature works the opposite way. It doesn’t make her more favorable, but presents a sense of unreal.

All of these pretending deeds may seem ridiculous to us, but it is human nature. At times, it may be quite tired to live in disguise. Daisy complains that she is sophisticated. As she said, “I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world”(P24), it’s better to be a simple-minded fool than a calculating woman. However, as a matter of fact, dishonest

people are still inclined to wear up a mask so as to attain what they pursue and get where they long for. No one wants to be considered as poor, ignorant, or anything bad, so they disguise by instinct. It’s neither uncommon for vain people to conceal their shabby family background to get what they want, nor unusual for illiterate people to conceal their ignorance. In a word, hypocrisy is not only typical among females, but the common characteristic of human race.

As the result, none of the females in the novel has a happy ending: Myrtle dies in the

accident, Daisy becomes a fugitive, Jor dan breaks up with Nick, ect. From above, we can safely draw the conclusion that neither females nor men should make wealth and status the only standard of their life. Life is all about trades. We should never trade their love, their marriage, their happiness of the rest life for wealth. It is essential for us to recognize what is actually valuable in our life. It is also important to take money correctly and pursue it in a reasonable way.

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