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1、APreliminaryAnalysisofGatsby'sFuneralintheGreatGatsbyIntroductionFrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldwhowasbornin1896anddiedin1940wasanauthorofnovelsandshortstoriesinAmerican.HecamefromapoorfamilyinSaintPaul,Minnesota.HeiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericanwriters
2、ofthe20thcentury.Heisalsoamemberofthe“LostGeneration”ofthe1920s.In1920,hisfirstnovelThisSideofParadisewaspublished,whichmadehimfamous.Later,hefinishedthreenovels,TheBeautifulandDamned,TenderIstheNightandTheGreatGatsby.Afifth,unfinishednovel,TheLastTycoonwasp
3、ublishedposthumously.Fitzgeraldalsowrotemanyshortstories,likeFlappersandPhilosophers,TalesoftheJazzAgeandAlltheSadyoungMen.ButhismostfamousnovelwasTheGreatGatsby.ThepublicationofthisnoveldecidedhispositioninAmericanliterature,becauseitcriticizedtheupperclass
4、’sselfishnessandperemptorinesslikeTom,andsuggestedthatthereasonsthatleadtoGatsby’stragedywerehisillusionaboutlifeandloveandthelackofcognitionabouttheupperclass.Inthisnovel,theauthorsuccessfullymoldedanambitiousbutinnocentfigureGatsby.“Fitzgeraldwasoneofthegr
5、eatstylistsinAmericanliterature.T.S.EliotreadTheGreatGatsbythreetimesandconcludedthatitwas‘thefirststepthatAmericanfictionhastakensinceHenryJames’”(ChangYaoxing,1990:292)ThisessaywillanalyzeGatsby’sfuneralfromtheperspectiveofhumanity,loveandfriendship.Gatsby
6、isapersonwholivedaluxuriouslifebeforehisdeath.Butwhenhedied,peoplerefusedtocometohisfuneral,whichreflectedpeople’sindifferenceandcoldness.Daisythathelovedforhislifetimeescapedwithherhusband.Nickwastheonlyonethatlefttoarrangeeverything.Thepaperconsistsoffivep
7、arts.Thefirstpartbrieflyintroducestheauthorandthenovel.ThesecondpartwillintroducethesocialbackgroundandmaincontentoftheGreatGatsby,thesimilaritiesofFitzgerald'sandGatsby'slife.ThethirdpartanalyzesGatsby’sfuneral.ItdiscussesthosepeoplewhocometoseeGatsbybefore
8、hewasinterredandtheconclusionofthehomicidetrial.ItespeciallymentionedGatsby’sfather.Thefourthpartdiscusseshumanity,loveandfriendshipreflectedfromhisfuneral.Thelastpartcomestotheconclusion.Accord
