When Nick shares his opinion on Gatsby the audience learns about Gatsby’s past. When Gatsby shares his years of education, he “hurried the phrase ‘educated at Oxford’, or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before” (Fitzgerald 65). This shows that Gatsby could be lying about his past and his education. This forms Nick’s opinion on Gatsby and how he might not be the man people say he
When Nick shares his opinion on Gatsby the audience learns about Gatsby’s past. When Gatsby shares his years of education, he “hurried the phrase ‘educated at Oxford’, or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before” (Fitzgerald 65). This shows that Gatsby could be lying about his past and his education. This forms Nick’s opinion on Gatsby and how he might not be the man people say he