On The Morality Of The Fitzgerald In "the Great Gatsby"

The Great Gatsby is one of the twentieth century's brilliant works, and also its writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's most outstanding works. This novel wins for the writer a great deal of acclaim from a substantial number of researchers and scholars. My thesis is to make a tentative study and exploration of the writer's morality in this novel, which is analyzed from three perspectives.The thesis begins with the summary of the general academic achievements made by Fitzgerald's scholars and researchers, in an attempt to base the study and exploration of my subject on a research background. Then, the focus is on the historical and theoretical background for Fitzgerald's morality. After that, detailed and specific analysis is made of the relationship between the writer's morality and his social-historical criticism, and its embodiment in the novel, since the two are closely interrelated. Fitzgerald holds the view that the morals of his contemporaries are greatly influenced by the American Dream. Based on the above analysis, I illustrate how Fitzgerald preaches his.morality in the novel. In my opinion, the writer preaches his morality in the novel mainly in three ways: the moral spokesman Nick Carraway, the characterization as well as three moral images.