北京理工大学珠海学院 2020 届本科生毕业论文Consumerism as Reflected in The Great GatsbyConsumerism as Reflected in The Great GatsbyAbstractThe Great Gatsby, issued in 1925, is an eminent novel in American which was written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
The novel replicates the money-oriented society of the Jazz age and is a true portrayal of the "lost generation" in America
The novel is set on New York City and Long Island in the 1920s
Through the dual narrative perspective, the novel’s character Nick presents a dazzling but vain world to the reader
Romantic love in the novel was the product of consumerism at the jazz era, so it is destined to be a tragedy
Profligate consumerism has gradually degraded people’s spiritual world
Blind pursuit of material wealth has eventually resulted in the I北京理工大学珠海学院 202
