... become apparent when nothing he says is quite true, '" What part of the Middle West?' I inquired casually. 'San Francisco'" (Fitzgerald 65). Obviously, Gatsby does not quite know what he is lying about because of the fact that San Francisco is most definitely not in the Middle West. Many of his fibs are just attempts to fit in with Daisy Buchannan ... ...

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... upbringing and a list of his accomplishments. Gatsby claimed to Nick that he was the son of wealthy, deceased parents from the Midwest. When asked what mid-western city, Gatsby said "San Francisco". He also mentioned that he had graduated from Oxford, hunted big games, collected jewels in the capitals of Europe and won a set of honors from two European countries for his ... ...

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