Book Report of The Great Gatsby

1. About the author.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St Paul, Minnesota of mixed Southern and Irish descent. He was given three names after the writer of The Star Spangled Banner, to whom he was distantly related. His father, Edward Fitzgerald, was a salesman, a Southern gentleman, whose furniture business had failed. His greater impact to him was “even if your business has failed，we have to maintain the habit of generous style”. Mary McQuillan, his mother, was the daughter of a successful wholesale grocer, and devoted to her only son. Fitzgerald entered Princeton University in 1913, where he spent most of his time doing social activities. He left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and took up a commission in the US Army. His experiences during World War I were more peaceful than Hemingway's - he never saw action and even did not go to France. The turning point in his life was when he met Zelda Sayre while he was at one of the bases where he trained in 1918, herself as the daughter of a justice from Alabama Supreme Court and an aspiring writer. He proposed to her but failed as she thought he was just a poor boy. In 1920 appeared Fitzgerald’s first novel, This Side of Paradise. The book gained a success which Fitzgerald celebrated energetically in parties and married Zelda successfully. Zelda danced on people's dinner tables in endless parties to celebrate the immediate success. But that was not to be the ending for the Fitzgerald. They lived in New York City. He drank too much. She spent too much money. He promised himself to live a less costly life. Always, however, he spent more than he earned from writing. In 1925, Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, considered great work. Although it initially met with little commercial success, this novel about the American dream of material success has become one of the most popular widely read and critically acclaimed works of fiction in American literature. The life of the title character, Jay Gatsby, has been compared to Fitzgerald’s life. While living in the French Riviera, Zelda’s illness became serious. She suddenly began to practice ballet, dancing night and day. After a second nervous breakdown, she was hospitalized for mental illness in Carolina. During the last years of his life, Fitzgerald lived in Hollywood, earning his living as a screenwriter. He died of heart attack at the age of 45. In 1948, the hospital at which Zelda was a patient caught fire, causing her death.

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Gatsby and the America Dream

While Nick settled in the fashionable East Egg， Mr. Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and mysterious man who owned a huge mansion next door to him. With the acquaintanceship of Nick and Gatsby, Nick gradually knew that Gatsby and his cousin Daisy used to love each other before he went away to the war. However, Daisy left Gatsby because he was not rich and soon married Tom, a millionaire. In order to let Daisy back, this pain but aggressive young man was determined to be rich and he gained honor and wealth by his own efforts 5 years later.

Unfortunately, all Daisy wanted is steady riches and satisfied material, so Daisy left him again. Gatsby’ dream was completely broken and soon he was killed mistakenly.

Between 1910~1920, Americans dream was from needy to rich, from ordinary to flourishing, from no one knows to everyone admires. During this “Roaring Twenties “period, people pursuit and fought for their dreams no matter how they born. And Gatsby represented it perfectly. He spared no effort to make his dream come true, and finally gained wealth, respect and place on the strength of his persistence and struggle. Although he didn’t achieve the dream of

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Money Is The Root of All Devils

The Great Gatsby, which written by F .Scott. Fitzgerald, tells a love tragedy between Gatsby and Daisy in the 1920s in America. They loved each other at first, but Daisy was reluctant to marry him simply because he was poor. She married a rich man, Tom, who had a mistress. However，Gatsby could never forget Daisy , he had been fighting for money even by making illegal deals. When he became rich and has his own regal mansion, he met Daisy again and asked her to be with him. Clinging to Tom’s social status and luxury life, Daisy refused. One day, Tom’s mistress was killed by Daisy when she was driving home in Gatsby’s car. In order to protect Daisy, Gatsby was going to undertake the accident. Unfortunately, Tom killed him indirectly by telling Mr. Wilson (the husband of Tom’s mistress) that the car which killed his wife was Gatsby’s. Finally, Gatsby was killed by Mr. Wilson.

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Book report----The Great Gatsby

I choose ‘The Great Gatsby’, which was written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, was the representative ofThe Lost Generation, lived injazz age. The novel described for the 20's through the perfect artistic form to sell "the American dream" which liquor nouveau riche Gates compared pursues vanishing, has shown the American society's tragedy.

The reason for me to choose this book is simple. Because my SAT teacher told me that SAT reading tests like to cite paragraphs in this book. Then, after reading this book, I think I have gotten some sense about the morality of American society at that time. Plot, characters, setting The story begins with the narrator, Nick Carraway, whose house next to the mansion of his friend called Gatsby. Daisy is Nick's second cousin, Gatsby’s first girlfriend. Gatsby and Daisy had loved each other five years ago, Gatsby used to very poor and then sent overseas by the army. Daisy gave up waiting for him and married a man called Tom. After the War, Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby

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Last week we watched a movie which is named .”The Great Gatsby”, the film gave me a lot of touches in love and American dream.

The film is told us the story of Gatsby by Nick’s tone. He rent a small house nearby Gatsby’s luxurious mansion where hold a grand banquet every weekend night .The character Gatsby is overwhelmedby only one thing that he does not possess, that is to be loved. Gatsby and Daisy loved each other when Gatsby was young, but because of Gatsby’s poor family they were broken up. Then Gatsby was joined the First World War. While Daisy was married to Tom who was a rich dandy, but her marriage was not happy because Tom had a mistress. There was a lost love in Gatsby’s deep heart . So he is overlooking the river green light in every night .The green light represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby’s love for Daisy is real and strong, and he can do everything to win Daisy. So he spent much money to hold the big party in order to attract Daisy’s attention .But in the end Daisy chose her husband not Gatsby. Because her husband is so rich that he can do everything he likes and he can also offer Daisy a better life, and finally wins Daisy’s love. The end of story is a tragedy that Daisy goes together with her husband to another city happily while Gatsby is murdered mistakenly.

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My Independent Reading of the Great Gatsby

I think Gatsby is a weird person. I have already read the first two chapters, and I remember most is the sentence that said by Nick's father 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.' But I don't understand why the author put this sentence at the beginning of the whole book. Does the author want to express that Gatsby has some advantages that we don't have? Actually, I don't think Gatsby has benefits. Although he is wealthy, he is an extravagant man. He spent money just like water. Everyone can join his party without an invitation. Also Gatsby is a mysterious person. The bartender said no one has seen Gatsby. People in his party guessed about his real identity. And the rumors make Gatsby become a horrible and unsearchable person. To be honest, I don't like Gatsby. Nonetheless, I will keep looking at the book.

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The Great Gatsby

I Introduction of Author

The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was born in 1896 and died in 1940. His first novel Earthly Paradise made a hit and he rose to fame. He published the several novels such as Tender is the Night, Paradise, The Last Giant etc. and over 160 short stories, including Benjamin's Fantasy Trip, Ice Palace, Winter Dream, Sensible and Back to Babylon. On the 81st Oscar Awards ceremony, the film Benjamin Button got three awards, which was adapted from his short story Benjamin's Fantasy Trip. Tender is the Night and The Great Gatsby are listed in the Top 100 novels of 20 century by the United States Academic Community. And the latter even ranks the second. In 1940 at the age of 44 he died of frustration. After his death, some of his interesting writings were put together into a collection entitled The Crack-Up. The Great Gatsby is considered Fitzgerald’s masterpiece. However in 1925 no one predicted the eminence of the novel in the new century—not even Fitzgerald himself. The story of The Great Gatsby is a good illustration.

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