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When Fitzgerald decided to name his novel “The Great Gatsby” he willingly introduced a touch of irony into his creation. Sparked by a simple play on words, Jay Gatsby is neither “great” nor is his real name Gatsby. For many years Gatsby created an illusion that eventually swept him, and those around him, off their feet and soon overtook their lives. Born James Gatz to a poor family in North Dakota, he worked extremely hard to acquire his fortune and in the narrators eyes, “greatness”, whereupon he immediate