He wanted to reinvent himself. He had come from a low income family, and wanted to break apart from that, and in doing so, he needed to clean up his name, shortening James to Jay, and lengthening Gatz to Gatsby.
Gatsby's butler drove him to Oxford.
Gatsby Coram's birth name is Bruce Gatsby Coram.
Before he turns into Jay Gatsby, his name is James Gatz.
Gatsby's real name is Jay Gatsby.
Nicholas Gatsby's birth name is Nick Hackett.
Jay Gatsby's full name is James Gatz. He changes his name to Jay Gatsby when he reinvents himself and creates a new persona.
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The main character of The Great Gatsby is Jay Gatsby.
The daughter's name is Pammy.Check pg. 117 in The Great Gatsby.
When Dan Cody's boat comes up the shore where Gatz is watching the sea, Gatz takes the chance to go and tell him that there is a great wind coming, and his boat will be ripped to shreds. He sees an opportunity to gain some expertise, and when asked his name, he replies Jay Gatsby. It says in the book that he had had the name ready for a long time, and that he was a man of opportunity, so this new, slicker name suited the situation.
Jay Gatsby's real name was James Gatz. He changed his name when he was a young man as part of his pursuit of a new identity and a new life.
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