Question

Name two events that Gatsby tells nick about that nick finds suspect . What proof does Gatsby offer ?

Answer 1

Nick finds Gatsby's claims of being an Oxford man and inheriting wealth from a Midwest family suspect. Gatsby provides a medal and a photograph as proof for the former, which fail to convince Nick, and his later admission of illegal dealings contradicts the latter.

Step-by-step explanation:

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, the narrator, describes two events about Jay Gatsby's past that he finds suspect. First, Gatsby claims to be an Oxford man, which Nick doubts due to Gatsby's affected English accent and the lack of evidence supporting this claim. As proof, Gatsby shows Nick a medal for valor and a photograph from his time at Oxford, but these items do not entirely convince Nick of Gatsby's story. The second event is Gatsby's account of his inherited wealth from a family in the Midwest, which seems unlikely and is contradicted later when Gatsby confides that his fortune was made through illegal business dealings. This admission confirms Nick's suspicions about Gatsby's dubious past and the veracity of his tales.

Answer 2

One is his story seems unlikely because Gatsby sounds like he is unsure, and second is Nick ask's what Midwestern city he is from. Gatsby's proof is San Francisco Which makes nick more suspicious.