uthI am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west-all dead now. I was brought in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition."(69) Gatsby equivocates about having wealthy parents, when in fact both his parents are very poor. Gatsby covers up the fact that he got rich quickly and without aid from his parents. Gatsby also makes himself look more like a gentleman by lying about attending Oxford. Nick noticed that Gatsby does not tell the whole truth, "He looked at me sideways-and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying. He hurried the phrase 'educated in Oxford' or swallowed it or choked on it as though it had bothered him before. And with this doubt his whole statement fell to pieces and I wondered if there wasn't something a little sinister about him after all."(69) Gatsby is willing to lie just so he can seem like a well-educated person and a true gentleman. He thinks that if he acts and sounds like a member of Daisy's society, he will be accepted by her and her society. Gatsby's ideals are tainted by his need to assimilate into society. He is willing to do anything possible, including lying and committing illegal activities. Jay Gatsby's fear of not fitting into Daisy's society causes him to make many immoral acts. He, like other people, does what he believes would make him fit in, even if those acts are not right. ...
