Jay Gatsby False Persona

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People today have many different personalities based on who they are interacting with. Often times people's personas change due to their influences and their ideals. Many high school students experience a change in personality while trying to fit in or mimic a person they look up to. Some people are unaware of their own change in personality however, in the novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald Jay decides to invent this false persona of who he wishes to be. Starting in Jay’s teenage years he began to create his new identity. Jay wanted to be successful a one percenter who wanted nothing to do with his childhood. He was embarrassed by where he came from so he choose to create a false persona Jay Gatsby. The author uses character to convey

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