TheGreatGatsby阅读.ppt

About the Author Francis Scott Fitzgerald （弗斯科特菲茨杰拉德） Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896,and died in 1940,just 44 years old. He was one of the most significant American writers in the twentieth Century. Representative works: “Tender is the Night” (温柔夜色） “The Last Tycoon”（最后一个大亨） “The Great Gatsby”(了不起的盖茨比） Characters Jay Gatsby He is the hero of the love story in this book.He isnt short of money, fame and even women ,but he spends his whole life to love one person, Daisy Buchanan.In order to reunion with her,he tries every possible way ,and even dead for her in the end. Nick Carraway He is the witeness of the whole story,and the only friend and next door neighbor of Gatsby. He goes to New York with full of dream. In the end he leaves there despaired due to the coldness and selfness of upper class people. Daisy Buchanan Nicks cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy was a young beauty and Gatsby is a poor officer. They fell in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries a rich man . Jordan Baker A friend of Daisy Myrtle Wilson The lover of Daisys husband Brief Introduction miss He was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that Daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used t