A lot of essays on it focus either on its quintessential vision of the American dream, romantic hope and its disillusion or on the narrative techniques.

• 对于其“美国梦的幻灭”这一主题探讨甚多,许多评论家认为这是一部关于美国梦的经典之作,从浪漫的理想及理想的破灭等方面对作品进行分析,其次是评论小说的写作技巧。