... people thought of him. He finally opened up to Nick, telling him some truths and some lies. He tells Nick that he is an Oxford graduate and was originally from San Francisco, California. He also tells him that he is into bonds, and owns a number of drugstores. He also comes to know that Nick's cousin is Daisy Buchanan. After learning of this ... this stage of the novel. Gatsby turns from quiet and reserved, to needy and desperate Gatsby's longing to see Daisy started in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was originally from, not San Fancisco. The two sparked and fell in love with each other...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... was forced to take on to pay for his tuition for the school. This shows he was creating the fantasy of his money being inherited from his dead parents from San Francisco to hide the fact that he is simply a bootlegger. Additionally, he lies about where he got a lot of his money by posing that he had rich relatives. In chapter 2, rumours ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned 'character'- (Fitzgerald 70) When asked by the narrator about his Midwest origins, "Gatsby ignorantly, but elegantly, tells him San Francisco, geography losing to the pretensions of the romantic imagination." (Lehan 60) Gatsby's future with Daisy will never materialize because it was based on lies. He romanced her as a penniless soldier ... ...

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... later, Gatsby visits Nick's home and invites him to lunch. At this point Gatsby's origins are unclear, but Gatsby clarifies the story: he tells Nick that he is from a wealthy San Francisco and was educated at Oxford after serving in the Great War (for which he received a number of decorations). However, his tentative manner indicates that he may be lying to Nick ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... from wealthy people from the Midwest, that are all dead. He claims to be educated at Oxford. Then when Nick asks from what part of the Midwest, Gatsby responds with "San Francisco". That is a hint right there that there is something fishy about his past. We also learn about Gatsby's infatuation with Daisy in this chapter. We hear the story from Jordan ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to his party, laudable orchestra, embellishing garden with men and women came and went like moths among the stars. We know that Gatsby is not from any wealthy family in San Francisco Mid-West and neither really educate in Oxford at the first place. And he is actually not into those parties he holds. He obviously doesnt socialize or associate with coming ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the west (were good at one time), have moved east, signifying their loss of the original good they possessed. It is interesting to find that Gatsby, claiming to hail from San Francisco, considers this the Midwest. Gatsby is utterly confused by the question of his birthplace, signifying his confusion with the question of good and evil. He doesn't really know what lies ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School