1、By F. Scott Fitzgerald,2012/2/17 Summer,Introduction of F. Scott Fitzgerald,F. Scott Fitzgerald F司各特菲茨杰拉德（1896-1940） was born in St.Paul(圣保羅), Minnesota(明尼蘇達州) , in 1896, attended Princeton University, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he got married, and

2、the couple divided their time among New York, Paris, and the Riviera (里維埃拉), becoming a part of the American expatriate(流放) circle that included Gertrude Stein(格特魯?shù)滤固挂?, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos(約翰多斯帕索斯). Fitzgerald was a major new literary voice, and his masterpieces(杰作) include The Be

3、autiful and Damned(美麗與詛咒), The Great Gatsby(了不起的蓋茨比), and Tender Is the Night(夜色溫柔). He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of fortyfour while working on The Love of the Last Tycoon(最后一個巨頭).,Character introduction,Benjamin Button:main character, a man who have a back forward life. Roger Button

4、s:Benjamins parents Hildegarde Moncrief:Benjamins wife Roscoe Button: Benjamins son,“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who ages in reverse: He is born a feeble(微弱的) 70-year-old and becomes younger as the years progress. This faithful graphic-nov

5、el adaptation chronicles Benjamin Buttons many adventures: He falls in love with a woman who ages normally (this causes complications), starts a family, and establishes a successful business. In his later years, he attends Harvard(哈佛) as a student and plays on their football team. By the time he is

6、an old man, Benjamin Button resembles(像) a newborn baby. And then he remembered nothing.Through the noons and nights he breathed and over him there were soft mumblings and murmurings that he scarcely heard, and faintly differentiated smells, and light and darkness.,Expanding,And their also a movie “

7、The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” adapted from this book.The movie was directed by David Fincher(大衛(wèi)芬奇). In the movie, the director changed a lot of the book. He added the part of anti-war,the inside world of a unusual manall the people around him is getting older and leave him alone. Personally,I

8、 prefer the movie.,The Curious Case OF BENJIEMIN BUTTON by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett,The story began with a clock running back forward in honor of the soldiers died in the World War One. It also gave Benjamin the back forward life.,New born Benjaminhad an old appearance and organs(器官).,He was 7,

9、totally a child, but seemed to be a 87 dying man. He went through his childhood in the Home for the Aged. There he felt that he was the same as other aged people.,In the nursing house,he meet Daisy.,Several years later,he work as a sailor and once fought for the World War .,After the World War , Ben

10、jamin back to home, he met Daisy, she was still beautiful in his eyes. Now she is an outstanding dancer.,But Daisy has already got a lover, so Benjamin leave again.,Without Daisy, he spent quite a unconventional(不尋常的) life for a time.,They met again due to the car accident of Daisy which make her ca

11、nnot dance any more.In that time,they were almost the same age.,They were finally together. They were soul lovers.,Then they have a daughter. Benjamin was afraid of getting young with his daughter nearby, so he chose to leave.,When he seemed to be about 17 ,hes actually 57,he came back ,and his daughter was already 12.,Then one day,Benjamin was founded by the police