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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,What makes the Great Gatsby Great?,The Character,Analysis,1,The analysis of the main characters,The relationships with the author,The Procedures,2,Nick Carraway,Jay Gatsby,Daisy Buchanan,Tom Buchanan,The analysis of the main characters,The Others,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Nick Carraway,a young man who goes to New York to learn the bond business,to represent the lower and middle classes of the society who also strive for the American dream,“Nick is in a strategic position half inside and half outside in order to put together bits of the story”,(Gao 55),The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Nick Carraway,the observer-narrator,the first-narrator?,to be familiar with different characters to different degree;,his temperament;,He is tolerant,open-minded,quiet and a good listener.Others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets.,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Nick Carraway,a conservative dreamer with the independent character,Im inclined to reserve all judgments,(89),to be greatly affected by the traditional morals,he has his own rules rather than lose himself among the dishonest people.,to be neutral,reflective and objective,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Nick Carraway,The process of his development:,admires his wealthy neighbor and the grand parties without realizing the emptiness of the values beneath such luxurious life,wakes from his unreal dream in time and ends his romantic relationship with Jordan Baker;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Nick Carraway,unlike the other characters;not one of the careless people;,has conscience,not selfish,;,managed to stage a small funeral for Gatsby,Nick Carraway,Jay Gatsby,Daisy Buchanan,Tom Buchanan,The analysis of the main characters,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,a young man from an impoverished childhood to become fabulously wealthy,be famous for the lavish parties but be mysterious about his origin and wealth,made his fortune through criminal activity,was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,ideal,he idealizes his lifetime dream,he strives to achieve:,the acquisition of wealth,re-defining his character in the pursuit of perfection,attaining his ideal romantic love,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,idealizes(recreates)himself,change his name from James Gratz to Jay Gatsby,He was a son of God a phrases which,if it means anything,means just that(131),The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,kind and decent,shows a certain amount of kindness to almost everyone he meets;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,naive and stupid,never sees Daisy in her true colors just as he never sees the green light clearly;,takes it for granted that he would win Daisy back if he becomes rich;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,tragic,a sensitive young man who idolizes wealth and luxury;,His search for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth,into the arms of his beloved and eventually,to his death;,always in a position of less power and lower social status;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Jay Gatsby,what he loves is her embodiment for him of all the splendid possibilities of life he could imagine.,the contradiction in Gatsbys personality,naive and innocent to stick to his goal,guilty and indifferent to the death of Myrtle,Nick Carraway,Jay Gatsby,Daisy Buchanan,Tom Buchanan,The analysis of the main characters,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Daisy Buchanan,to be beautiful,charming young woman;,Nicks cousin,Toms wife and the object of Gatsbys love;,to stand for youth,gold and status;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Daisy Buchanan,sweet and innocent,(at least at the beginning),the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville,She is capable of affection(she seems genuinely fond of Nick and occasionally seems to love Gatsby sincerely),but not of sustained loyalty or care.”(Phillips 42),The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Daisy Buchanan,superficial,shallow,self-centered,to see everything from the perspective of her own happiness,indifferent,even to her own infant daughter(Chapter 7),The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Daisy Buchanan,cynical and vain,to pretend to know nothing about his husbands love affairs because she knows that having a husband of high status is much more important than anything else;,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Daisy Buchanan,lack of responsibility,not to stop when she ran over Myrtle,to show the rich has no concept of responsibility in reality,The introduction and analysis of the main characters,Daisy Buchanan,immoral and sinful,to allow Ga
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