The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896- 1940) is one of the most outstanding American writers in the 20th century. Belonging to the lost generation, the spokesman of the "roaring twenties" was born in a merchant family in St. Paul, Minnesota. Formerly known as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Princeton University dropped out before graduation. 19 17 enlisted, promoted to lieutenant officer the following year, 19 19 retired. He works as a clerk in a commercial company and devotes his spare time to writing. His creative tendency is similar to the "lost generation", which shows the disillusionment of the younger generation with American ideals after the First World War.

The first novel Paradise on Earth was published on 1920, and it became famous in one fell swoop. After the novel was published, he married Hilda Seri. Shanerda has a great influence on his life and creation. Many heroines in his novels have her face. Later, two collections of short stories, Girls and Philosophers (192 1) and Stories of the Tujue Age (1922), were published. From 65438 to 0925, his masterpiece The Great Gatsby was published, which established his position in the history of literature. The Great Gatsby shows the disillusionment of the American dream. This novel condemns the selfishness and arbitrariness of the privileged class in the United States, represented by Tom, and describes Gatsby's tragedy with sympathetic eyes, pointing out that his tragedy comes from his fantasy of life and love and his incomprehension of the upper class. 1934, Fitzgerald published another important novel, Tender is the Night, which successfully showed the selfishness and corruption of the upper bourgeoisie and was full of sympathy for the depravity of the protagonist. However, critics reacted indifferently to this. 1936 Fitzgerald wrote his autobiography "Collapse" when he was ill. Later, he wrote the novel The Last Giant with a Hollywood film director as the leading role. He died without success. The manuscript was compiled and published by his friend and critic edmund wilson (194 1).

He is also a famous American screenwriter. 1922, his novel Beauty and the Cursed Man was made into a movie. The Great Gatsby was published in 1925, which established his position in the history of American literature. It was made into a movie twice by Paramount Company in 1949 and 1974. He worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood in 1930s, and 1938 adapted "Life and Death Together" is his only film with a title. Other major works created or adapted include Woman, Gone with the Wind, Madame Curie, The Last Time I Saw Paris, The First Beautiful Dream, etc. 1936 started writing the last novel, The Last Tycoon, but failed to finish it. 1940 12 died at the age of 44. His love affair with columnist Sheila was made into the film Love on 1959.

As far as this ending is concerned, it is straightforward: disappearance, magical moment, ancient unknown, long road ... look at these words.

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But it can be simply summarized as: our desire for dreams can't be realized in the end.

But in this way, a lot of things have been lost-a lot of things that cannot be told in words.