菲茨杰拉德所著的《伟大的盖茨比》,是美国文学最伟大的小说之一。而盖茨比的美国梦一直是人们议论的话题。本文从故事中的内外因分析了盖茨比梦想的整个过程,得出了盖茨比失败的主要原因,是他不切合实际的幻想。 Fitzgerald “The Great Gatsby,” is one of the greatest American novel. Gatsby’s American dream has always been a topic of discussion. This article analyzes the whole process of Gatsby’s dream from the internal and external causes of the story, and draws the main reason for Gatsby’s failure, which is his unrealistic illusion.