"The Great Gatsby" is, as this study concludes, "Nick's Story After All." This Critical Introduction explores the main themes, characters and symbols of "the Great Gatsby"; the quest for a new live, the preoccupation with one's place in society, the desire for riches and the greatest dream of all human beings. In doing so it offers an interpretation which, unlike most analyses of this American Masterpiece, places Nick as the focus of Fitzgerald's attention.