Nick, a young bondsman from the Midwest, moves to West Egg, New York, right next door to the mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby, who passionately pursues his cousin Daisy. Only, in the time Gatsby spent reinventing himself, Daisy has married a cheating scoundrel.
Lesson - People change. Also, a lot of people are “bad drivers” — it takes two to make a wreck. The man who was “better than the rest combined” was killed because he met another bad driver.