Truth revealed in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzergerald

In the world people try to hide things from each other but one way or another they find out what they are hiding. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the secrecy and deceit practiced by Jay, Daisy, and Myrtle leads to inevitable tragedy when the truths are revealed.
Jay failed to realize that if you tell a lie most of the time they tend to come to a boil and burst. For example, 'My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations.'....pg.2 why did he have to lie when he knew that if they really got to know him they would find out the…