从《了不起的盖茨比》来看“美国梦”的幻灭

AbstractThe American dream is a spirit that has a profound influence on the Americanpeople and an important artistic theme in American literature.Fitzgerald's the GreatGatsby is one of the classics.Through the analysis of Gatsby's struggle in his wholelife,this paper shows Gatsby's tragedy of having dreams,realizing dreams andbreaking dreams,thus revealing the satire of the nihilistic "American Dream".Keywords:(the great gatsby:American Dream:evaporate