Name: _____Charles Wang__________________________
Period: ___2______
CH 4: Is Gatsby Lying?
DIRECTIONS: In chapter four, Gatsby informs Nick, “Well, I’m going to tell you something about my life…I don’t want you to get the wrong idea of me
from all these stories you hear.” Gatsby then begins to tell Nick details of his past. Complete the chart below, identifying the parts of Gatsby’s life he tells
Nick, why it may or not be believable, Gatsby’s possible motivation for sharing the information, and Nick’s reaction.
Point about his life
“I was promoted to be a
major, and every Allied
government gave me a
decoration…”(66).
Reason it’s believable?
Reason it’s not believable?
Gatsby gives all the
details, as well as photos,
and memorabilia to prove
From the previous we can
learn that Gatsby is
dependent on smuggling
to earn money, and is not
the son of the so-called
rich
“I’m collecting jewels,
chiefly rubies, hunting big
game, painting a little,
things for myself only, and
trying to figure out
something sad that
happened to me long ago”
(65-66).
“I was brought up in
America but educated at
Oxford” (65).
“Capitals of Europe –
Paris, Venice, Rome” (65).
it may be connected to
why he is always not
talking at parties and
standing somewhere
alone and is lonely Maybe
something bad happened
to him
he is maybe telling the
truth because he had a
picture of him at oxford
Gatsby’s motivation for
giving the information
Nick’s reaction to what
Gatsby says
Gatsby doesn't want Nick
to get the wrong idea
about him
nick believes it
Maybe they are trying to
cover up the truth about
their smuggling
Nick felt the breach was
huge and didn't believe
that he doesn’t have a
good past and sometimes
sad happened to him
he managed to restrain
his laughter
because he said that most
of his family studied there
and it is a tradition to go
there
not believable because he he wanted to say i visited
mistakenly said Venice is a and once lived in some of
capital which it isn’t and
the big capitals of Europe
Rome is the capital of Italy
he wondered if there
Wasn’t something a little
sinister about him
his reaction was to
restrain his laughter
Name: _____Charles Wang__________________________
Period: ___2______