Gatsby could tell this lie and allow it to burst and blossom like a flower, taking on life. Inevitably, though, that flower will wilt and die and his lie will be found out. They always are, aren't they? If he's learned anything, it's that he can't trust his lies to live forever, but they feel safe and they protect him and how can he ignore something like that. And so, instead of a lie, he offers a half-truth. "I completed some time at Oxford and Cambridge, after the war," he says, proud and ever prouder that there is truth in this. "Of course, my lessons were never from college, oh no, my dear. They came from the hard life lessons I endured," he says, tapping his nose. "And life can be a very good teacher, but also very cruel."
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Gatsby could tell this lie and allow it to burst and blossom like a flower, taking on life. Inevitably, though, that flower will wilt and die and his lie will be found out. They always are, aren't they? If he's learned anything, it's that he can't trust his lies to live forever, but they feel safe and they protect him and how can he ignore something like that. And so, instead of a lie, he offers a half-truth. "I completed some time at Oxford and Cambridge, after the war," he says, proud and ever prouder that there is truth in this. "Of course, my lessons were never from college, oh no, my dear. They came from the hard life lessons I endured," he says, tapping his nose. "And life can be a very good teacher, but also very cruel."