Why does Nick call oot Gatsby:"You´re worth the whole damn bunch put together" (p.145)? The Great Gatsby: Questions

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This is a question taken from the Klett English Edition. 
I don't know, what I should comment on the quotation. 
Could anybody help me?
thanks :)

flash243 · Answer

Nick sees two sides of Gatsby. He sees the dreamer and he sees the conformer. Nick adores the dreamer Gatsby. He likes his sense of hope and magic even amidst of the superficial socialites of East Egg. Nick loathes these people for their self-absorption and inability to feal anything real. Nick shouts out, "You´re worth the whole damn bunch put together." As if to remind Gatsby that he (Gatsby) was never like the socialites and they dont deserve him.

waltermack · Answer

Nick says this to Jay Gatsby in a reply to console his friend. Gatsby reveals to Nick that he never felt worthy of Daisy. She was of a much higher class and was sophisticated. She was born into it whereas he (Gatsby) had to mold himself into the person he was.This upsets Nick because he knows how selfish and self-obsessed his cousin and all the rich socialites like her are. Thus, he speaks his mind and tells Gatsby hes worth more than them all combined. This is a bittersweet moment, as Nick gets to tell his best friend how good a man he thinks he is, but it is also his very last words to him as Gatsby is shot shortly afterwards.

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