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So in terms of the evidence, there's, there's, you had previously sort of quoted the two sections where they talk about his dark skin, you know, being pulled tight across his face,

et cetera.

We also had here this sort of origin story,

at least again,

as Nick presents it,

of James Gats,

who just rose himself out to a rich guy's boat

and is like,

please take me.

Which is like the most American,

I mean, Gatsby really is the most

American guy, like of all time, you know, with the obsession with the past, the obsession with money,

everything.

But I'm trying to find the specific passage about his parents that I do think feeds into the

theory that you guys were talking

about.

His parents were shiftless

and unsuccessful farm people.

His imagination

had never really accepted them

as his parents at all.

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