ABSTRACT：This paper uncovered the pathological essence of money worship by exhibiting the vices that money did and announcing the destructive consequences that it had, both in morality and spirit. This paper portrayed the tragedies of Gatsby and the Wilson couple, profoundly analyzed the basic reasons of their death and finally reached the conclusion that they were the pathetic victims of money worship. Additionally, money worship was not only responsible for the tragedies above; it also viciously became accomplice of the criminals, the Buchanans, helping them to escape. Through elaborately dissecting the evidence that proved money worship a torturer, the pathological essence of money worship was vividly unfolded. 

    With all the vices that money worship committed and the acknowledgment of the wrong that money worship did, the pathological essence of it was revealed and it would serve as a warning call for people.

Key words: money worship; pathological essence; vice

中文摘要：本文描绘了弗·司各特·菲茨吉拉德的小说《伟大的盖茨比》中金钱崇拜所行的不义，揭露了它存在的毁灭性后果，不管是在道德上还是精神上，从而使它的病态本质得以揭晓于世人。本文论述了盖茨比和威尔逊夫妇的惨烈悲剧，深刻分析了造成他们悲剧的根本原因，最后得出结论，他们都是金钱崇拜的受害者。除此之外，金钱还做了帮凶，帮布坎南这对罪犯夫妇逃走。本文通过仔细剖析金钱崇拜这施虐者的各种罪证，其病态本质赤裸裸地被揭露出来。

有了金钱崇拜所犯下的罪证和它自身对所行不义的承认，金钱崇拜的病态本质便显现出来了，并会一直警醒世人。

关键词：金钱崇拜；病态本质；罪证