The content of works
The protagonist Gates this is a poor farmer's son, was in love with the southern great lady daisy. But when he returned from serving, Daisy was married to a rich men's sons. In order to get Daisy heart, Gatsby struggles to become millionaires, bought a luxury villa, and Daisy couples live across the Bay from. His mansion banquet, just because he wants to meet with daisy. When they met again, Gatsby found that Daisy is far from his dream of people. Soon, Daisy to kill her husband's mistress, and her husband conspired to put the blame on Gatsby, two people decamp. But Gatsby finally killed.
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is often described as the epitome of the "Jazz Age" in American literature.
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque recounts the horrors of WWI and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front.
• Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology. New technologies, especially automobiles, moving 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 period is also often
referred to as the Jazz Age.
2.Achievements
★the representative author of the Lost Generation, ★ the great poet of the Jazz Age
★His work
1920 <This side of paradise >天堂的另一边 1921 <Flappers and phlosophers> 姑娘们和哲学家们 1922 <Tales of the jazz age>爵士乐时代的故事
Background Jazz Age
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.
About the Author
1.The Author’s Life ⅠBorn on Sep24th,1896 in a rich business family Ⅱdeveloped his interests in writing in middle school time
Ⅲ fell in love with Zelda in 1918
< The Beautiful and Damned>漂亮冤家 1925 <The great Gatsby> 了不起的盖茨比
1926 <All the Sad Young Men>所有悲哀的年轻人 1934 <Tender is the Night>夜色温柔
unfinished work <The Last Tycoon> 最后 一个巨头
Ⅳ married Zelda in 1920
they indulge themselves in wine and sensuality,this also led to the poverty in their later life
Ⅴ died of heart disease at the age of 46
Writing style
(1)semi-autobiographical
(2)he showed great interests in the south America (3)He crer---------fashionable&independent &courageous.
THE GREAT GATSBY
BY Francis Scott Fitzgerald
contents
NO.1 About the Author NO.2 Background NO.3 Analysis of Gatsby NO.4 The content of works NO.5 Theme
The Roaring 1920s was a period of literary creativity, and works2、of several notable authors appeared during the period.
• Books that take the 1920s as their subject include: