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1、The character relation of the story is very complicated.Nick is the narrator of the story. He is Gatsbys neighbor and good friend. And he is Daisys cousin,he is Daisys husband Toms college classmate too. Gatsby was still a very poor major many years ago and at that time he fell in love with a beauti
2、ful girl named Daisy, but when he came back with a huge fortune,Daisy had married a rich man,Tom.Gatsby wanted to retrieve the lost love,so Nick helped him to invite Daisy to have afternoon tea together.Gatsby had a firm belief that Daisy kept on loving him,and he believed the reason why Daisy didnt
3、 wait him just because of money.One day,Daisy accidently knocked down and killed the mistress of Tom. Daisy pinned everything on Gatsby, and Gatsby determined to protect Daisy at any cost. The last, Gatsby was killed by Myrtle Wilsons husband and only Nick attended his funeral.The story happened bet
4、ween 1919 to 1929,and this period was called Roaring Twenties or Jazz age. Economic boom made every Americans retrust The American Dream. At that time,people were confident and cheerful,hoping that they could realize their dreams and live a better life.TheRoaringTwentieswereyearsofrevolutioninsocial
5、valuesamongsomeAmericans,esspecially peoples value in money. TheRoaringTwentiesendedwiththe coming of The Great Depression.It ended with a crash.TheAmericanDreamisanimportantthemeofThe Great Gatsby.TheGreatGatsby is arealisticnovelofabellthattollsfortheAmericanDream,truthfully representsthespiritandfeaturesoftheJazzAge.ThroughtheglitteringworldofTheGreatGatsbyrunsthethemesofmoralwasteanddecayandthelackofpersonalresponsibilitywhichischaracteristicoftheJazzAge.TheGreatGatsbyisageneralcritiqueoftheAmericandream.