F.Scott-Fitzgerald-and-his-The-Great-Gatsby(课堂PPT).ppt

F.Scott Fitzgerald and his The Great Gatsbygroup 5：杨博番 李亮亮 曹可 张丁丹 陈凯妮1F.Scott Fitzgerald(1896-1940)1.Full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald2.An American novelist and short-story writer3.The literary spokesman of theJazz Age4.One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century5.a member of the Lost Generation of the 1920s2Early yearsEnters Princeton University in 1913.Tries,unsuccessfully,to play for the football team.Writes for the Princeton Tiger and begins to write and act in plays.Impresses peers this way.Falls in love with Genevra King,a wealthy young socialite but is rejected.He is not wealthy enough.1915-drops out of Princeton1916-returns to Princeton3The youth1917is placed on academic probation.Joins the army as a second lieutenant.1918-meets and falls in love with wealthy socialite Zelda Sayre.They become engaged.Theirs is one of the great love stories of their time!1919-End of WWI-Fitzgerald is discharged from the army.Zelda breaks off engagement due to Fitzgeralds lack of financial success.Began working in advertising,writes and submits novel This Side of Paradise.It is accepted by Scribners,and it is a huge success.1920.Fitzgerald and Zelda marry!Zelda and Fitzgerald4Later years1930-Suffering her first of many emotional breakdowns,Zelda is hospitalized in Paris.Later diagnosed with schizophrenia.1932-As his popularity as a novelist declines,Fitzgerald begins to work on movie scripts for MGM to work himself out of debt.He despises Hollywood,and despises himself for having to write“commercially.”1932-1940-As Zeldas mental state worsens,the Fitzgeralds gradually separate.1940-F.Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack.1940-1948Zelda Fitzgerald spends next eight years in and out of institutions and dies in a fire at Highland Hospital in 1948.5Literary Achievements 1920:This Side of Paradise 人间天堂 1922:The Beautiful and the Damned美丽的和可诅咒的 1925:The Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比 1934:Tender is the Night夜色温柔 1941:The Last Tycoon最后的大亨6The Great Gatsby7Major Characters:Nick Carraway-The narrator of the novel;moves from the Midwest to New York to learn the bond business.Jay Gatsby-Lives next to Nick in a mansion;throws huge parties,complete with catered food,open bars,and orchestras;people come from everywhere to attend these parties,but no one seems to know much about the host.Daisy Buchanan-Shallow girl who is the emodiment of Gatsbys dreams;she was going to marry Gatsby but he went off to war.Tom Buchanan-Husband of Daisy;a cruel man who lives life irresponsibly.Jordan Baker-A cynical and conceited woman who cheats in golf;wants Nick to go out with her.Myrtle Wilson-Tom has an affair with this married woman,and then abandons her after he become bored with her.8Myrtle Tom Daisy Gatsby Jordan Baker Nick The picture of major characters9The plot of the novelJay Gatsby is a mysterious man,because he of his gorgeous mansion at West Egg,Long Island and fabulous entertainments which are financed by bootlegging and other shady means.His neighbor Nick Carraway,confused by rumors about him and attempting to clear up the mystery,takes up a rational position to observe and comment on what goes on.Through Nick,Gatsby manages to meet Daisy Fay,Nicks cousin and now Tom Buchanans wife,with whom he had fallen in love when he was poor,wanting to win her over by his extravagant devotion.10But Daisy is not willing to risk breaking with Tom and joining hands with Gatsby.As Daisy and Gatsby drive back to Long Island from New York with Daisy at the wheel,they hit and kill Myrtle Wilson,who by an unexpected coincidence is Toms mistress.Gatsby tries to protect Daisy by bearing responsibility for Myrtles death,and Daisy leaves the falsehood uncorrected,and Tom,actuated by vengeful motives,tells that to Myrtles husband George.Myrtles husband George follows Gatsby,shoots him and then himself.The Buchanans escape,and the only two persons attending Gatsbys funeral are Nick and Gatsbys father,who reads the news in newspaper.11Theme-the problem about money,wealth-the decline of the American Dream 12THANKS13