His Parents Were Shiftless And Unsuccessful Farm People - His Imagination Had Never Really Accepted Them As His Parents At All. The Truth Was That Jay Gatsby Of West Egg, Long Island, Sprang From His Platonic Conception Of Himself. He Was A Son Of God...and He Must Be About His Father's Business, The Service Of A Vast, Vulgar, And Meretricious Beauty. So He Invented...Jay Gatsby...and To This Conception He Was Faithful To The End. - SearchQuotes

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His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God...and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented...Jay Gatsby...and to this conception he was faithful to the end.

F Scott Fitzgerald

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