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1、AnalysisontheIronyof“greatness”intheTheGreatGatsbyAbstractTheGreatGatsbyisagreatAmericannovelwrittenbyF.ScottFitzgerald.Thenovelisironicallytitled“great”Gatsbywhilethereaderscannotfindthe“great”ofthehero.ThepurposetousethistitleistosatiretheheroGatsbyaswellasthepeoplewithsamevaluesanddreams.Thetr
2、agedyofGatsbyistheresultofthedisillusionoftheAmericandream.Inthisessay,theironyofthegreatnesswillbeanalyzedfromGatsby’sfailurelove,limitationofvaluesandhisbehaviorwhichcausedthedeathofothertwocharactersinthenovel.KeyWords:TheGreatGatsby,Irony,thegreatnessIntroductionAccordingtoDilworth(2008),TheG
3、reatGatsbyisatreasuretrove.Ittalkedaboutasimpleorunsophisticatedyoungmanwhowantstogetloveandfortune.Hecomestothelightandsoundeastdistrictwithhisamassingfortunetopursuehisdreamswhileencounteringthefailurefinally.Atfirst,lotsofthereadersmayagreewiththenarratorNick’sopinionandregardGatsbyasaget-rich
4、-quickpersonandadreamcatcher.However,throughtheclosereading,wecanfindthatthereasonwhythisnovelnamedTheGreatGatsbyisjustanironicart.JustasthestatementproposedbySutton(2007)Gatsby’sgoalisnotsimplytoregainhisformerlover.Hehashisowndesireinsteadofjustforthepurelove.Actually,thegreatGatsbyisnotgreatat
5、all.Theironyof“greatness”canbeshowedinthreeaspectsasfollows:thefailureoflove,thelimitationofvaluesandGatsbyasa“murderer”whocausedthedeathofothertwocharactersinthenovel.Inthefirstplace,thefalseloveistheobviousironyofthegreatnessinthisnovel.Though,theloveofGatsbytoDaisyrunthroughthewholenovel,there
6、asoncausedGatsbytogetrichandbuymansionisnotthelove.GatsbylongedtogetfortuneandstatusalongtimeagobeforehemetwithDaisy.Helefthisparentswhoarefarmersandliveinthebottomofthesocietytopursuethesuccesswhenheisonly17.Ironically,Gatsby’sfathergothisson’sdeathfromthenewspaperatlast(Bazin,015).EvenGatsbyrea
7、lizedthatDaisyhadchangedtoaselfishwomenandhetalkedtoNickthat“hervoiceisfullofmoney”(Fitzgerald,1998).HestillkepttopursuingDaisyasheneverknewthatwhathereallywantedwasnotthelovebutakindofrespectfromthesociety.Hejustwante
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