SimoneNick came to New York from his Midwest homeland, next to his residence is the luxury house of Gatsby, the protagonist of the book.
A grand banquet is held every night. When Nick and Gatsby met, the story began.
Nick's interest in exploring Gatsby. The result of the inquiry is: Nick realized that Gatsby had a deep feeling in his heart.
Gatsby was not rich when he was young. He was a major officer. He fell in love with a girl named Daisy, and Daisy also had a feeling for him.
After the outbreak of World War I, Gatsby was transferred to Europe. As if by chance, but also by necessity, Daisy broke up with him and married Tom, a son of a wealthy family.
Daisy's life after marriage was not happy, because Tom had another mistress.
Materialistic satisfaction does not fill Daisy's spiritual emptiness. Gatsby was in great pain.
He firmly believed that money had betrayed Daisy's chastity of heart, so he was determined to become a rich man. A few years later, Gatsby finally succeeded.
He built a building opposite the daisy residence. Gatsby spent all his money in the night, trying to get Daisy's attention to save her lost love.
Moved by Gatsby's infatuation, Nick visited Daisy, his long-unconnected cousin, and conveyed Gatsby's thoughts to her.
Daisy always made fun of her meeting with Gatsby. Gatsby was dazed and listened to her at random, and naively assumed that the ending was not the end.
However, the real tragedy is quietly starting at this time.
Daisy was no longer the old lady daisy. Daisy, however, regarded her ambiguous relationship as a stimulus.
Nick finally realized that it was too late. Once Daisy was driving in a state of distraction, she ran over her husband's mistress.
Gatsby took responsibility for protecting Daisy, but Daisy had made up his mind to abandon Gatsby.
Under the provocation of Tom, the husband of his mistress shot Gatsby. Gatsby finally became a victim.
Gatsby did not find the smile on the face of Daisy's face until she died. Gatsby's tragedy is that he devotes everything to his beautiful dream, while Daisy, as the embodiment of his ideal, has only a beautiful body.
Despite Daisy's long-standing love affair, although he clearly heard that "her voice is full of money", he remained unchanged and stubbornly pursued the revival of her old dream.
Daisy and her husband were on the way to Europe when they were holding a funeral for Gatsby. Finally, there is no end.
Nick witnessed the unreasonable feelings of human reality and was deeply disgusted, so with a tragic mood, he left the noisy, indifferent, empty and false metropolis and returned to his homeland in dismay.
中文版：
尼克从中西部故乡来到纽约，在他住所旁边正是本书主人公盖茨比的豪华宅第。这里每晚都在举行盛大的宴会。尼克和盖茨比相识，故事就这样开始了。
尼克对盖茨比充满探究的兴趣。探究的结果是：尼克了解到盖茨比内心深处有一段不了之情。年轻时的盖茨比并不富有，他是一个少校军官。他爱上了一位叫黛茜的姑娘，黛茜对他也情有所钟。后来第一次世界大战爆发，盖茨比被调往欧洲。
似是偶然却也是必然，黛茜因此和他分手，转而与一个出身于富豪家庭的纨绔子弟汤姆结了婚。黛茜婚后的生活并不幸福，因为汤姆另有情妇。物欲的满足并不能填补黛茜精神上的空虚。盖茨比痛苦万分，他坚信是金钱让黛茜背叛了心灵的贞洁，于是立志要成为富翁。
几年以后，盖茨比终于成功了。他在黛茜府邸的对面建造起了一幢大厦。盖茨比挥金如土，彻夜笙箫，一心想引起黛茜的注意，以挽回失去的爱情。尼克为盖茨比的痴情所感动，便去拜访久不联系的远房表妹黛茜，并向她转达盖茨比的心意。
黛茜在与盖茨比相会中时时有意挑逗。盖茨比昏昏然听她随意摆布，并且天真地以为那段不了情有了如愿的结局。然而真正的悲剧却在此时悄悄启幕。黛茜早已不是旧日的黛茜。黛茜不过将她俩的暖昧关系，当做一种刺激。
尼克终于有所察觉，但为时已晚。一次黛茜在心绪烦乱的状态下开车，偏偏轧死了丈夫的情妇。盖茨比为保护黛茜，承担了开车责任，但黛茜已打定主意抛弃盖茨比。在汤姆的挑拨下，致使其情妇的丈夫开枪打死了盖茨比。盖茨比最终彻底成为了牺牲品。
盖茨比至死都没有发现黛茜脸上嘲弄的微笑。盖茨比的悲剧在于他把一切都献给了自己编织的美丽梦想，而黛茜作为他理想的化身，却只徒有美丽的躯壳。尽管黛茜早已移情别恋,尽管他清楚地听出“她的声音充满了金钱”,却仍不改初衷,固执地追求重温旧梦。
人们在为盖茨比举行葬礼，黛茜和她丈夫此时却早已在欧洲旅行的路上。不了情终于有了了结。尼克目睹了人类现实的虚情寡义，深感厌恶，于是怀着一种悲剧的心情，远离喧嚣、冷漠、空洞、虚假的大都市，黯然回到故乡。
扩展资料：
菲茨杰拉德是美国20年代"爵士时代"的发言人和"迷惘的一代"的代表作家之一。而《了不起的盖茨比》是奠定菲茨杰拉德在现代美国文学史上的地位的作品。
二十世纪末，美国学术界权威在百年英语文学长河中选出了一百部最优秀的小说，其中，《了不起的盖茨比》高居第二位。
在当时的美国社会，或许每一个想要实现梦想，实现价值的美国公民，都受到一些盲目的消费观的影响来纵情享乐；用消费来炫耀自己的地位和财富。
用一些不择手段的消费来达到自己某种目的，而作为对比，出身卑微的盖茨比，有着不同常人的梦想和他自己想要追寻的那盏“绿灯”。
他为了他梦想中那个完美的女孩黛西，努力跻身于上流社会，却依然保持着他自己珍贵的梦想，彬彬有礼的姿态和他绅士的作风，他努力想要活得和梦想中的自己一样。
这部作品刚问世时并没有引起巨大反响，但随着时间的推移，它的文学价值和思想内涵越来越受世人瞩目。
参考资料来源：百度百科-了不起的盖茨比
