TheGreatGatsbyistherepresentativeworkofAmericanwriterFrancisScottFitzgerald.Itisatruereflectionof1920s.ThebookisaclassicalnovelandhasprofoundmeaningoftheessenceoftheAmericandream’sdisillusion.ThewritershowedtheAmericansocialaftertheWorldWarIinthebook.ItuncoversthemoneyworshipandhedonismintheJazzAgeandpeople’sselfishnessandindifferenceatthattime.Whatthenoveldescribesisatragicstoryaboutthe

disillusionoftheAmericandream.ThestoryhappenedaftertheWorldWarI.AyoungmannamedNickCarawayrentahouseintheLongIsland.IntheoppositehousethereliveshiscousinDaisyBuchananandherhusbandTomBuchanan.JayGatsbyishisneighborhood.Gatsbyholdsbigpartieseveryweekendinhisvillabutthereisfewpeoplehasseenhisface.AfterawhileNickknowsthatwhenGatsbywasasoldier,hefellinlovewithDaisy.However,DaisyfinallymarriedarichmanTomBuchanan.Whenthewarwasended,Gatsbybegantodoillegalbusinessand

becomeamillionaire.InordertodrawDaisy’sattention,heboughtabighouseinopposite

toDaisy’sandoftenholdsbigparties.GatsbyandDaisymeetagainwiththehelpofNick.WhenTomknewthis,heisburstintoangerandtheyhaveaquarrel.Withextremelynervous,DaisydrivesthecarandkilledTom’smistressMyrtleaccidentally.However,TomimpliesMyrtle’shusbandWilsonthatitisGatsbywhokilledherwife.InextremeangerWilsonshootGatsbyandsuicide.Attheendof

thismovie,whenNickheldafuneralforGatsby,noneofhisoldfriendsjoin.Nickisdisappointedtothedark

societyofNewYorksoheleavethecityandgobacktohishomeintheAmericanMidwest.ThethemeofthenovelistopresentthetragedyoftheAmericandream’sdisillusionbyshowingthestoryofGatsby’spursuinghisdream.Theso-called"Americandream"meansthatinAmericaeveryoneisequalityofopportunity.Peoplecanrealizetheirdreamandachievesuccessjustbythemselves’struggle.TheAmericandreamhasalwaysbeenanidealthatpeopleareconvinceditandpursueit.ItisakindofspiritualstrengththatpromoteAmericatodevelopandflourish

quickly.AftertheWorldWarI,AmericahasenteredintoanunprecedentederaofprosperityandtheAmericandreambecomingacrazyworshiptomoney.Thewindofmoneyworshipprevailing.SotheAmericandreamhasbeendeterioratedwiththesocialdevelopment.Inthismovie,theshortlifeofGatsbyhasgothroughtheprocessofdreamfromstarttoburst.ItsymbolizetheriseandburstoftheAmericandreamatthesametime.OnesideofhisAmericanDreamisthedreamofmoney,theothersideisthedreamoflove.And

Daisyisthecombinationofloveandmoneywhichhe’slongingfor.Sheistherepresentofabeautifullife.However,inreallife,DaisyisfarfromwhatGatsbyimagine.Sheisaselfish,shallowandtimidgirlandallshewant

ismoneyandupperclasslife.FinallyGatsby’sdreambrokenanditalsosymbolizethebrokenoftheAmericandream.TheessenceofthetragedyofGatsbyisthetragedyofAmericanidealism.A