Analysis of American Dream in TheGreat Gatsby学院：外国语学院专业：商务英语姓名：任紫茜学号：161005103910指导老师：王青梅职称：讲师中国·珠海北京理工大学珠海学院2020届本科生毕业论文毕业论文诚信承诺书本人郑重承诺：我所呈交的毕业论文Analysis of AmericanDream in The Great Gatsby是在指导教师的指导下，独立开展研究或调查所取得的成果，文中引用他人的观点和材料，均在文后按顺序列出其参考文献，文中所使用的数据真实可靠。承诺人签名：日期：年月日北京理工大学珠海学院2020届本科生毕业论文Analysis of American Dream in The Great GatsbyAbstractFrancis Scott Fitzgerald,a renowned novelist in the 20th century of America,exerts great influence upon many readers all over the world.Nearly all novels that hewrote win wide admiration,especially The Great Gatsby.The reason why manypeople praise The Great Gatsby,lies in not only its wonderful plots,but also its themereflecting young Americans whose mental crisis in that special historical period.Thebook approaches to reveal the rise and degradation in American dream by describingthe story of Gatsby who struggles for love but ends in tragedy.Gatsby,the hero of thisbook,pursues his dream from the beginning to end,but gets nothing,and in the end heeven lost his life.Gatsby works hard all the time,but what is lacking is some insightinto the essence of his own dream.Gatsby's dream,can be said to be the embodimentof the American dream in 20th century,and Gatsby's death just seems to imply thatsuch American dream will be doomed to failure.The American dream originallyrefers to a national spirit that all men are equal,with opportunities for prosperity andsuccess regardless of social class and family background.But with the development ofeconomy in the United States,the essence of American dream has changed.After theWorld War I,the United States made a great development in its economy,bringingabout moral and mental degeneration to people.It can be seen clearly from Gatsby'stragedy that the essence of American dream in the 1920s has significantly changed,which is about what the fulfillment of a personal dream must be on basis of socialclass or background of birth.Therefore,by taking this book as an analysis subject,many scholars and researchers analyzed the developing course of the American dream.Based on these researches,this thesis aims to study the American dream in The GreatGatsby,as well as enlightenment from Gatsby's tragedy.The introduction briefly introduces F.Scott.Fitzgerald and his life.Chapter Oneexplains the definition of the American dream,combining the different socialbackgrounds in the United States so as to get a clear understanding about developingcourse of the American dream.Chapter Two gives a brief summary of The GreatGatsby.Chapter Three mainly discusses Gatsby's dream and further attempts toconnect this with the American dream,with consideration of the background of thebook and the writer.Chapter Four studies a few subtle hints which the writer gave inthis book so as to get a better idea of why Gatsby is doomed to fail.On the basis ofthe above chapters,Chapter Five mainly summarizes some reasons why Gatsby's