1. 毕业设计（论文）主要内容：

American Dream is an essential part of American culture and values. It deeply rooted in the early Puritanism, developed during the Westward Expansion in 18^th century and disillusioned in the monopolized period. The culture of American Dream is admired by most Americas and embodied in many movies. The contents of American Dreams are different in different periods on account of the influences by different historical events. The paper aims to explore the characteristics of American Dream in different periods by analyzing two movies: The Great Gatsby and The Pursuit of Happiness. After the exploration, the readers can have the better understanding about the changes of American Dream.

2. 毕业设计（论文）主要任务及要求

1. search various resources to identify the topic for the paper.

2. read the professional articles about the topic and make a brief understanding about the definition of the topic.

3. collect materials to make preparations for the paper.

3. 毕业设计（论文）完成任务的计划与安排

before 20th january : settlement of the title

before 20th march : submission of the outline

before 25th april : submission of the first draft

4. 主要参考文献

[1] pang, h. the great gatsby and the collapse of american dream[m]. science and technology information, 2014(13):176.

[2] pearson, r. l.gatsby: false prophet of american dream[j]. the english journal, 1970,

59(5):638-642,645.