In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway overestimates the virtues of Gatsby so that he can turn Gatsby into a second father. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy is a flight from shame and self-hate.
In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway tells the story of a man who lives next door.
In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway seeks a world freer than his father provided.
In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby creates an idealized image of himself, then comes to believe he is the idealized Gatsby he has conceived