What conclusions and connections can we draw from the meaning of the quote?
Full Quote:
The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end.
When Nick finally tells us about Gatsby’s early history, he uses a comparison between Gatsby and Jesus Christ to paint a picture of the way Gatsby created his own identity. The parallel itself is so important, but it does suggest that Gatsby had succeeded in transforming himself into the ideal that he had envisioned.
The Great Gatsby
