The Great Gatsby

Why do you suppose that Jordan does not believe Gatsby when he says that he had attended Oxford College in England?

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Like many other people, Jordan doesn't believe all the hub-bub about Gatsby. She seems to thinks all the information bandied about to be false.... one long, endless rumor.

“Now you’re started on the subject,” she answered with a wan smile. “Well, he told me once he was an Oxford man.” A dim background started to take shape behind him, but at her next remark it faded away.

“However, I don’t believe it.”

“Why not?” “I don’t know,” she insisted, “I just don’t think he went there.”

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The Great Gatsby