In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby has a very deep-rooted desire for Daisy and goes through any means necessary to achieve his dreamof attaining Daisy. After Gatsby’s death, one of the more evident displays of Gatsby’s efforts to try and make himself “old money” is his “schedule” (173). Gatsby’s efforts to achieve his goal directly correspond to Fitzgerald’s mess
1. Background
Jazz Age – enjoyment, and commercialism for the poverished.
Conspicuous consumption – by economic prosperity and rapid
development in scientific technology.
The National Prohibition Act (1920-1933)
Icon of American Dream, self-made man.
Portrait of those seeking for wealth and religious freedom.
Very poor at
dream인 것이다. Daisy fairy 라는 그녀의 처녀적 이름은, 순결하게 보이지만, 실상은 그렇지 않은 데이지 꽃과, fairy 라는 요정같이 아름답지만, 잡히지 않는 상들을 투영하고 있는 듯 하다. Tom과 Daisy의 집은 부유하고, baroque적인 세계를 연상시킨다. ‘elaborate'라고 표현한 집은 내부로 들어가게 되면, 잔디밭
Dream의 비판이라고 지적한다.
The Great Gatsby embodies a criticism of American experience not of manners, but of a basic historic attitude to lift more radical than anything in Jame' sown assessment of the deficiency of his country. The theme of Gatsby is the withering of the American Dream.
미국인의 정신적 기조가 되어온 이 꿈은 미국이라는 나라의 탄생
Nick은 감동을 받는다.
Then it had not been ~ from the womb of his purposeless splendour.
Nick의 도움으로 Daisy를 만나게 된 Gatsby는 자신의 과거에 대해 진실을 털어놓는다. 그 과정에서 Nick은 Gatsby를 더욱 믿게 되고 그의 속마음도 알게 된다.
He wanted nothing less of Daisy ~ as if were five years ago.