了不起的盖茨比中的美国梦
Reflection on the American Dream
The American Dream, which took root from the beginning, has always been an ideal and pursuit of the American nation. It should have had strong vitality, but how did it eventually lead to disillusionment. Gatsby's story tells readers that if a dream only has the pursuit of material possessions and the desire to become a "big shot", but lacks thinking about why to have wealth and how to survive after having wealth, which has the ultimate meaning of humanity, such a dream is ultimately a mirage, and it must also be a short-sighted and non sustainable dream.
When money represents everything, the ideal elements originally contained in the American Dream are no longer present. The material American Dream may not necessarily be a dream that fully expresses the American spirit, but the material aspect of the American Dream gives people the thinking of what principles should be included in the spiritual dream after the realization of the material dream of the American Dream. No society can rely solely on a high level of material life to maintain people's meaning and interests in the long term. What people need to live is spiritual life, and only spiritual life can have infinite space for development. This is probably a fundamental question about the significance of human survival, including the dream of pursuing material possessions, which is a dream with no future and will eventually be shattered.
Gatsby's death was the end of his life and the shattering of his dreams. He... devoted himself to a broad, vulgar, and flashy beauty. At the same time, it also hinted at the disillusionment of the blind pursuit of dreams by young Americans at that time.
At that time, in American society, money was paramount, class was strict, and even the lower class, who were nouveau riche, could not be accepted to squeeze into the upper class. Although Gatsby disguised himself and imitated the lifestyle of the upper class, with his appearance and behavior resembling those of the upper class, his deep-rooted background as a lower class person could not deceive the "bright eyes" of the upper class. And he disregards the cruel reality and indulges in his dreams, which is destined to end in failure.
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