Jay Gatsby, the book's mysterious character who experienced a dramatic and tragic life, revealed his stories piece by piece through his friendship with Nick deepened gradually. In addition, Gatsby's stories which manifest the public Romantic ideas of 1930s are the essence of this novel. Greatness can be defined in multiple means. Therefore, the question whether Gatsby is great is highly controversial. Regarding Gatsby's wealth, achievements, ambitions, and all the Romantic elements found within his characteristics and actions, he is undeniably Romantic, and brilliantly great in a sense, because he tried, and achieved the most of what he valued throughout his life.   Nick, the narrator of this novel, is found to be a careful observer who successfully conveyed Gatsby's stories with relatively objective perspectives. Readers may find Nick to be less interesting than other characters in this book, because the author made Nick to be a nonentity in order to serve as a foil that boosts Gatsby's greatness. "My house was at the very tip of the egg, only fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed between two huge [places.] The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard” it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. (P28) The size of houses represents one's social status, wealth, and authority. This extreme contrast between Gatsby's place and Nick's house served as the first impression that readers are informed about these two people, and it's one of many contrasts the author made between Nick and Gatsby through the whole book. Additionally, Nick represents general ambitious and young people who came to New York City in order to obtain the greatness that Gatsby has, and to be like him. Furthermore, to Gatsby, the meaning of greatness is much more complicated, because what