主人公詹姆斯·卡兹本是北达科他州的一个贫穷的农家子弟，自幼梦想做个出人

主人公詹姆斯·卡兹本是北达科他州的一个贫穷的农家子弟，自幼梦想做个出人头地的大人物。经过一番努力，他终于步步高升，并更名为杰伊·盖茨比。他在一个军训营里任中尉时，爱上了南方的大家闺秀黛茜·费。可是当他戴着军功勋章在战争结束后从海外归来时，黛茜已嫁给了一位来自芝加哥的、体格健壮、极为富有但举止粗鲁的纨绔子弟汤姆·布坎农，沉醉于爱情梦幻中的盖茨比艰苦创业，由一个贫穷的军官奋斗成为百万富翁。他在长岛西端买下了一幢豪华别墅，与住在东端的布坎农夫妇隔海湾相望。他的府第每晚灯火通明，成群的宾客饮酒纵乐。他唯一的愿望是希望看到分别了五年的情人黛茜，当他们重逢时，盖茨比以为时光可以倒流，重温旧梦，但久而久之，他发现黛茜远不像他梦想的人，可是这种醒悟还没多久，黛茜开车碾死了丈夫的情妇，汤姆嫁祸于盖茨比，盖茨比终于被害，黛茜居然没来送葬：叙述者尼克由此看透了上层社会有钱人的冷酷残忍和居心险恶，离开纽约，回到了中西部的故乡。

主人公詹姆斯·卡兹本是北达科他州的一个贫穷的农家子弟，自幼梦想做个出人头地的大人物。 经过一番努力，他终于步步高升，并更名为杰伊·盖茨比。 他在一个军训营里任中尉时，爱上了南方的大家闺秀黛茜·费。 可是当他戴着军功勋章在战争结束后从海外归来时，黛茜已嫁给了一位来自芝加哥的、体格健壮、极为富有但举止粗鲁的纨绔子弟汤姆·布坎农，沉醉于爱情梦幻中的盖茨比艰苦创业，由一个贫穷的军官奋斗成为百万富翁。 他在长岛西端买下了一幢豪华别墅，与住在东端的布坎农夫妇隔海湾相望。 他的府第每晚灯火通明，成群的宾客饮酒纵乐。 他唯一的愿望是希望看到分别了五年的情人黛茜，当他们重逢时，盖茨比以为时光可以倒流，重温旧梦，但久而久之，他发现黛茜远不像他梦想的人，可是这种醒悟还没多久，黛茜开车碾死了丈夫的情妇，汤姆嫁祸于盖茨比，盖茨比终于被害， 黛茜居然没来送葬：叙述者尼克由此看透了上层社会有钱人的冷酷残忍和居心险恶，离开纽约，回到了中西部的故乡。

The protagonist James katsben is a poor farmer's son in North Dakota. He dreamed of being a big man since he was a child. After some hard work, he finally rose to the top and changed his name to Jay Gatsby. When he was a lieutenant in a military training camp, he fell in love with Daisy fee, a great lady in the south. But when he came back from overseas after the war, wearing the military medal, Daisy had married Tom Buchanan, a handsome, extremely rich but rude young man from Chicago, and Gatsby, who was addicted to the dream of love, worked hard to become a millionaire from a poor officer. He bought a luxury villa at the west end of Long Island, facing the bukan farmer's wife who lives in the east end across the bay. Every night his house was lighted, and crowds of guests drank and enjoyed themselves. His only wish is to see his lover Daisy, who has been separated for five years. When they meet again, Gatsby thinks that time can flow back and go back to the old dream. But over time, he finds Daisy is far from the person he dreamed of. But this kind of disillusionment hasn't been long. Daisy drives over her husband-in-law's mistress. Tom blames Gatsby. Gatsby is finally killed. Daisy doesn't even come to the funeral: From this, narrator Nick saw through the ruthlessness and danger of the rich in the upper society, left New York and returned to his hometown in the Midwest.<BR>