Quite a few characters in The Great
Gatsby are in denial. For starters, Nick states
that
I am one
of the honest people that I have ever
known.
He makes this
statement after he has confessed that he still writes to a girl back home, signing his
letters, "Love, Nick" when he desires to get out of that "tangle" when he finds himself
falling in love (somewhat) with Jordan.
Gatsby declares in
Chapter Six that he can repeat the past:
"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously.
"Why of course you
can!"
This particular example
of self-delusion is Gatsby's downfall, since he has convinced himself that he can make
everything the way it was when he and Daisy first met, even though in the years between
she has married Tom and had a child.
Myrtle has convinced
herself that Tom loves her and is planning to marry
her.
Even the drunken driver at Gatsby's party refuses to
admit that he can't drive when the wheel is off his car.
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