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.
James Gatz
Jay Gatsby's full name is James Gatz. He changes his name to Jay Gatsby when he reinvents himself and creates a new persona.
James Gatz
James Gatz and he is from North Dakota
Gatsbys real name is Jay Gatz and he is from North Dakota
Before he turns into Jay Gatsby, his name is James Gatz.
James Gatz, also known as Jay Gatsby, was born in a small farming village in North Dakota. He later reinvented himself and adopted the persona of Jay Gatsby in pursuit of a more glamorous and wealthy lifestyle.
James Gatz he grew up terribly poor modeled himself after a sophisticated man known as Dan Cody and took on the name Jay Gatsby
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.
Catherine Gatz goes by Kitty Gatz.
Gatsby's real name is Jay Gatsby.