简介:reality1IntroductionF.ScottFitzgerald’smasterpieceTheGreatGatsbyshowsusavividpictureofthe1920swithitssuperficialprosperityandunderlyingsadness.ThefailureofAmericandreamandthecrisisofvaluearewellreflectedincharactersandthedetailsofthenovel.InTheGreatGatsby,amongwhichthemostimpressivearethesharpcontrastbetweenGatsby’spartiesandhisfuneralandthestrongcontradictsbetweentheeastandthewest.ThesetwopairsofcontrastivescenesforeshadowGatsby’stragicaldestination.2.1.1Thepartiesvs.thefuneralTheJazzAgeisatimeofbrokendream,withthefrustrationofhisdream.Gatsby’sfuneralisratherdesertedandcheerlesscomparedwithhisparties.It’sarecordofhumancoldness.NickhasinvitedsomepeopletocometoGatsby’sfuneral.ThesepeopleareallGatsby’sso-calledfriends.TheyfindalotofexcusesfortheirabsencebecausetheyknowclearlythatGatsbyisnolongerusefulforthem.Gatsby’sgenerouspartieshavenotbroughthimevenonefriend.What’smore
简介:in order to show respect to him. This is also a kind of Chinese culture. The second version followed semantic translation rule,Version 1 abided by semantic translation that rendered,accords with the Western tradition where people are called by their names without any title. The first version follows communicative translation theory