向上移动性是美国梦的核心价值观,也是小说《了不起的盖茨比》中主人公盖茨比为之奋斗的依据。但随着美国社会阶层间收入差距的扩大,阶层间的流动性变得越来越不可实现。美国梦向上移动的特质与社会阶层流动性变差的冲突日益尖锐。本文将结合盖茨比美国梦破灭的过程分析美国梦所面 Upward mobility is the core value of the American dream, and it is also the basis for which the hero Gatsby struggles in the novel “The Great Gatsby.” But with the widening income gap between the social classes in the United States, inter-class mobility has become increasingly unrealizable. The conflict between the trait of moving the American dream upward and the mobility of the social strata has become increasingly acute. This article will analyze the face of the American dream in the light of the process of the collapse of the Gatesby American dream