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1、THE GREAT GATSBYTHE GREAT GATSBYBy Jason 15135220contentsNO.1 About The AuthorNO.2 BackgroundNO.3 The Movie The Authors LifeBorn on Sep24th,1896 in a rich business familyAnd developed his interests in writing in middle school timeFell in love with Zelda in 1918married Zelda in 1920died of heart dise
2、ase at the age of 46His work1920 天堂的另一边天堂的另一边1922 爵士乐时代的故事爵士乐时代的故事 漂亮冤家漂亮冤家1925 了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比1926 所有悲哀的年轻人所有悲哀的年轻人1934 夜色温柔夜色温柔unfinished work 最后最后一个巨头一个巨头1921 姑娘们和哲学家们姑娘们和哲学家们 Writing style(1)semi-autobiographical(2)he showed great interests in the south America(3)He created a new kind of women ch
3、aracter-fashionable&independent&courageous.The Jazz Age describes the period after the end of World War I,through the Roaring Twenties,ending with the onset of the Great Depression.Background Jazz AgeEverything seemed to be feasible through modern technology.New technologies,especially automobiles,m
4、oving pictures and radio proliferated modernity to a large part of the population.Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality in both daily life and architecture.At the same time,jazz and dancing rose in popularity,in opposition to the mood of the specter of World War I.As such,the p
5、eriod is also often referred to as the Jazz Age.1 The Roaring Twenties1 The Roaring Twenties2 LiteratureThe Roaring Twenties was a period of literary creativity,and works of several notable authors appeared during the period.The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is often described as the epitome of
6、 the Jazz Age in American literature.The Movie The Great GatsbyThe main actors:Tobey Maguire-Nick(author)Carey Mulligan-Daisy(heroine)Leonardo DiCaprio-Gatsby(hero)Joel Edgerton-Tom(the husband of herione)The summary of the movieThe Great Gatsby mainly tells of Gatsbys quixotic passion for Daisy.The
7、y meet five years ago,when Daisy is a legendary young beauty and Gatsby a poor officer.They fall in love,but while Gatsby serves overseas.Five years later,Nick is a young Mid-westerner who sells bonds in New York.He lives at West Egg,which is separated from the city His neighbor is Jay Gatsby,who is
8、 a mysterious man,whose mansion and fabulous entertainments are financed by bootlegging and other criminal activities.When Gatsby was a poor army officer,he had fallen in love with Daisy,Nicks beautiful cousin,but later Daisy married Tom,who is wealthy.After the war,Gatsby devotes himself blindly to
9、 the pursuit of wealth by whatever means available to him with a view to regaining Daisys love.With huge wealth accumulated,Gatsby buys mansion across Long Island from Daisys noble East Egg address.Throws generous parties,and waits for Daisy to appear.When she does,events carries up with all the tra
10、gic inevitability of a Greed dream.Then with the help of Nick Gatsby tries to win Daisy back with extravagant devotion.Meanwhile Daisys husband takes another woman Wilson,as his mistress.when Myrtle runs out on the highway,and accidently hit by Daisy,who drives the car at that moment.Gatsby tries to help Daisy,and Tom tells Wilson that it was Gatsby who kills his wife.Wilson shoots Gatsby.At the end of the story,Nick thinks over Gatsbys bream and decides to go back home to the West.Thank you