During the sixth chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby," we finally learn the past of the character of Jay Gatsby. Instead of being the rich noble everyone thought he was, Gatsby was a man who started out with nothing and became successful, a man who accomplished the acclaimed "American Dream." Gatsby felt the need to lie about his past to be accepted by those of high status and power, to truly make it seem like he was one of them even with his riches and luxuries. The fact that Gatsby lied suggests that social classes are further apart than they at first appear, having a greater separation than amounts of money or power. This can be seen as when Tom Buchanan, a man who comes from a incredibly rich family and inherited his
