英语国家概况论文美国梦与美国文学

英语国家概况论文美国梦与美国文学内容摘要：

ofoundly exposed and criticized the seamy side of American society and the ugly capitalist system .It Firstly shattered the American dream .Between the two world wars in 1925, the younger generation after World War I in the United States tended to hold the disillusionment ,so that many writers are turning to criticize the American society. ② The two main characters pursuit their American dreams with their personal struggle and speculative market skills .However, the harsh reality ruined their beautiful dreams . Martin Eden is a masterpiece of Jack London .Martin Eden came from the rootclass of the American society and lived a poor ,needy and starving life .He had fell in love with a asset class miss Rose ,being deeply attracted by her grace and beauty .To make himself eligible for Rose, he learned and worked very hard ,writing desperately .He overcame all difficulties he had by his hardworking and ultimately became a famous writer .But when he finally actualized his dream and his friends ① Wikipedia:American Dream ： ② 杨任敬 . 20 世纪美国文学史 [M] . 1999 4 came back to him again(Rose even intended to devote her body to Martin) ,he felt great inner emptiness, he realized that success for him it is just a false and life is meaningless at all. Rose39。 s attitude changing illustrates the hypocrisy , shallow and snobbish of the upper class vividly . He was so disappointed and tortured .Because of that ,he killed himself after acplishing both success and fame .The tragedy of Martin Eden reflects the demise of bourgeois individualism and the broken American dream of the early 20th century American youth including the author himself. The novel can be seen as the author 39。 s autograph too .Jack London has been a sailor and a cooly just as the same of his character Martin .What39。 s more ,he became a writer through self teaching too . After his achievement , Jack London recalled his experience that life is very hard for him ,since his nine except his school time (and he even paid his school fees by his own labor ). ① There is no need to make a boring and long list of his jobs .All we need to know is that they are all heavy physical work with a low salary .There is no doubt that his plex and tough temperament is so related to his unfortunate childhood .However ,thanks for this ,in the other hand ,He is very familiar with the various characters in the bottom of society ,which is real。