Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
ambition
/æmˈbɪʃ.ən/A strong desire to achieve success, power, or wealth.
inherit
/ɪnˈher.ɪt/To receive money, property, or a title from someone after they die.
suspicious
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/Feeling or showing that you do not trust someone or something.
arrogant
/ˈær.ə.ɡənt/Believing that you are better or more important than other people.
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Around this time, a young reporter from New York arrived at Gatsby's house, hoping for an interview. Wild rumors about Gatsby had spread across the city all summer. Some people said he lived on an underground boat; others believed he was involved in illegal business. In reality, Jay Gatsby was actually James Gatz, born to poor, unsuccessful farmers in North Dakota. At seventeen, young Gatz already had tremendous ambition. He did not want to accept his humble background and invented a new identity for himself: Jay Gatsby. One afternoon on Lake Superior, he rowed a small boat out to warn...
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