Lies In The Great Gatsby

One may wonder about different peoples' origins and if they were lying or telling the truth about their own origins? In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it shows the outcomes of Jay Gatsby lying about his origins and where he came from had consequences eventually when it came to having people be there for you in the end. Jay Gatsby's lies lead to the theme that lying will not get you much, in fact it could leave you with no true friends. The actions that Jay Gatsby takes to lie about his origins leads to the rejection of other characters. Jay Gatsby lies throughout the story to each character about who he is and where his money comes from. At the age of seventeen, Jay Gatsby realized the beginning of his career, he changed

Gatsby informs his friends that he inherited his money from his family, but he lost most of it in the beginning of the war. He then proceeded to say that he was in the drug and oil business, but "I’m not in either one now” stated Gatsby (Fitzgerald 70). Gatsby once told us that he got his money from his family, then said he was in the drug and oil business. This shows that Gatsby has changed his story on how he has made his money. In the novel, Gatsby tries to get Nick to work with him and give him a job and a chance to make more money than he does, Gatsby states "You wouldn’t have to do any business with Wolfsheim" (Fitzgerald 64). Gatsby tells Nick that he will not have to work directly with Wolfsheim, which shows that Gatsby actually gets his money from illegal work. The characters in the novel have learned the truth about Gatsby through his lies and have become aware of who Gatsby really is and his true intentions. The way that Gatsby has lied about where his money has come from and what his job to the other characters leads to the characters thinking that he is a liar and has lied to them the whole

The readers learn that Gatsby has no true friends when he has passed and no one attends his funeral. In the novel, Nick Carroway was the only person, besides his father and servants, to attend Gatsbys' funeral. Before the ceremony they waited hours to see if anyone would show, "The minister glanced several times at his watch, so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour. But it wasn’t any use. Nobody came" (Fitzgerald 133). Jay Gatsby's lies throughout the novel lead to him not having any true friends and his so called "friends" would mostly use him for his money and time. Gatsby would host large parties and a large number of people would show, but when it came down to true friends he had none, “Why, my God! they used to go there by the hundreds” (Fitzgerald 134). So many people would attend Gatsbys' parties but no one had the nerve to actually attend his funeral. Jay Gatsby lied about his origins which led to him having no true friends and in the end left him