Really Great GatsbyIs his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins his life as a simple lower-class citizen. But Gatsby dreams of becoming rich. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become famous. Throughout his life, Gatsby acquires the title of truly great. Even before Gatsby is introduced, it is hinted that he is out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says, “Gatsby turned out well in the end.” » (2) Nothing was known about Gatsby at the time and Nick already said that Gatsby was fine. There is an air of mystery around Gatsby. Everyone knows him, but no one knows who he really is or where he comes from. Even in our first look at Gatsby, he is looking for something only he can see. There were many stories circulating about Gatsby, but no one really knew what to believe. In one example, Jordan made the following comment: "I think he killed a man." (49) Even when Gatsby confessed his past, he did not always tell the truth. He told Nick that he inherited great wealth, but in reality, Gatsby acquired his wealth all by himself. Even though Gatsby lied, the fact that he became who he was makes him even greater. When Gatsby was still James Gatz, he dreamed of leaving his farm life behind and becoming part of the upper class. Even Gatsby's father knew this when he said, "If he had lived, he would have been a great man." » (169) His father didn't know that Gatsby was already great. Gatsby didn't always do the right thing to acquire his wealth, but he always had a good heart. His first real breakthrough into the outside world came when he met his best friend Dan Cody. Gatsby was seventeen years old at the time and had just left his life on the farm. Cody was a wealthy man of fifty and he showed Gatsby the ways of the world. It was said that Cody found Gatsby "...fast-paced and extremely ambitious." (101) He took Gatsby in and treated him almost like a son. Gatsby was set to inherit some of Cody's wealth after his death, but Ella Kaye deprived him of his inheritance..