Topic Discussion：Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English on the Answer Sheet.Briefly discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald's theme of bankruptcy of the American dream, focusing on his masterpiece The Great Gatsby.
A. FITZGERALD NEVER SPARED AN INTIMATE TOUCH IN HIS FICTION TO DEAL WITH THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF THE PROTAGONISTS' PERSONAL DREAMS DUE TO THE CLASHES BETWEEN THEIR ROMANTIC VISION OF LIFE AND THE SORDID REALITY.
B. IN THE GREAT GATSBY, THE LOSS OF AN IDEAL AND THE DISILLUSIONMENT ARE EXPLOITED FULLY IN THE PERSONAL TRAGEDY OF A YOUNG MAN WHOSE “INCORRUPTIBLE DREAM” IS “SMASHED INTO PIECES BY THE RELENTLESS REALITY.”
C. GATSBY IS A MYSTICAL FIGURE WHOSE INTENSITY OF DREAM PARTAKES OF A STATE OF MIND THAT EMBODIES AMERICA ITSELF; GATSBY IS THE LAST OF THE ROMANTIC HEROES, WHOSE ENERGY AND SENSE OF COMMITMENT TAKES HIM IN SEARCH OF HIS PERSONAL GRAIL; GATSBY’S FAILURE MAGNIFIES TO A GREAT EXTENT THE END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
