A Real Life Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the main character creates a false identity for himself. James “Jimmy” Gatz becomes Jay Gatsby and leaves his life as a poor farmer’s son far behind as he enters the world of high finance and New York millionaires. People can take on false identities in real life too. Listen to learn about a real-life Gatsby who called himself “Clark Rockefeller.”