了不起的盖茨比英文读书笔记

WhyGatsbyisGreat?——AfterreadingTheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsbyiswrittenbyanAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgerald.F.ScottFitzgeraldiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.TheGreatGatsbyishismostfamousnovel.ThemovieadaptationofTheGreatGatsbyisverypopularduringthisperiod,soIreadthisfamousnovel.ThestoryisabouttheyoungandmysteriousmillionairenamedJayGatsbyandnarratedbyNickCarraway.NickistheneighborofGatsbyandisconnectedwithothercharacters.AsfarasIamconcerned,Nickisabsolutelyagoodnarrator,whichoffersanobjectiveangleforusreaderstohaveacomprehensiveunderstandingofthestory.However,thestoryisatragedywithanendingthatGatsbyiskilledwrongly.ForhiswholelifeafterhefallsinlovewithDaisy,anelegantandattractivebutshallowandselfishyounglady,hestrivesforyearstobecomeamillionaireeveninanillegalway.ButGatsbydoesn’trealizethetruthofhisloveandstillsacrificesforhisdreamblindly,evenbypayingwithhislife.GatsbytakestheblameofkillingMyrtleforDaisy,andisshotbyMyrtle’shusbandwhoisincitedbyTom.Sadly,afterhisdeath,allGatsbygainsisDaisy’sindifference.IamcuriousaboutthenoveltitleTheGreatGatsbyandhavemyownunderstanding.WhyisGatsbygreat?Inmyopinion,itisaboutthedifferencebetweenGatsbyandothercharacters.EvenGatsby’sdreamofgettinghisfirstloveDaisy’sheartfinallyleadstohistragedy;Gatsbyispureandidealisticrelativetoothercharacterstoacertainextent.Gatsbyisenthusiastic,sincereandpersevering.Onthecontrary,Daisyisself-absorbed,andTomisheartlessandcruelwithabadfaith.WilsoniscowardlyandsuspiciousandMyrtleisadulterous.AndthepeopleintheuppertenwhoenjoythegoodwineanddaintyfoodofferedbyGatsbyactuallydonotaccepthimasoneofthem.Peoplearecoldanddetached,andwecanlearnaboutthatwiththeirindifferenceafterGatsby’sdeath.