The rumors spread about Gatsby indicate that no one really knows about him and all they can do is spread information that they have heard of from other people. They make Gatsby seem as a man who does not want conflict with anybody and that he distrustful. For example, on page 44 it states, “Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once”. The text shows people would not be able to trust Gatsby because they heard he might of killed someone, which leads to them not being comfortable with Gatsby. Another example is “it’s more that he was a German spy during the war”. The example is proving that no one knows about what Gatsby has done in the past, but also whether if he was a good or bad person. Nick’s first impression of Gatsby is he did
