Then she sees a girl that, as Nick quotes Daisy, “common but pretty,” and she seems to think this party awful and disengaging. Daisy offers him her pen in case he wants to take down the address. When they come back to have dinner, Tom wishes to join another group. Daisy and Gatsby go for a dance together and then have some time alone outside while Nick is watching their backs. Gatsby tries to impress them by listing all the celebrities who attend his parties. Meanwhile, Tom thinks Gatsby’s lack of manners is pathetic.ĭaisy arrives at Gatsby’s party with Tom, who seems to be suspicious. They certainly don’t expect him to accept the invitation, but he does. Being polite, they ask Gatsby to come to dinner. Gatsby then invites everybody to stay for dinner. He gets a little bit aggressive as Tom doesn’t seem to remember him at all. Then Gatsby reminds Tom that they met earlier. Nick describes the meeting of Tom and Gatsby and says that the latter is shocked as he didn’t expect to see Tom there. Only a few minutes later, Tom and his friends, the Sloanes, arrive there as well. That’s when Gatsby decided to become rich, whatever it takes.Īfter not talking to Gatsby for two weeks, Nick stops by his house. After Dan Cody’s death, Gatsby was supposed to inherit 25,000 dollars, but the late man’s lover made sure he wouldn’t get it. It was a good lesson for Gatsby because it made him choose a sober life. One of his usual tasks was to look after Cody when he was getting drunk. sprang from his Platonic conception of himself.” ( The Great Gatsby, chapter 6)Īs time passed, Jay got used to all the luxury. His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people – his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. “I suppose he’d had the name ready for a long time, even then. Dan was so grateful that he took the boy as his assistant on the yacht and gave him a new name, Jay Gatsby. Young Gatz rushed to warn a wealthy sailor about a coming storm. Dan was a multimillionaire who made his fortune on mining and precious metals. The next year, he worked on Lake Superior as a fisherman when he saw Dan Cody’s yacht. It was too humiliating for him to work there as a janitor to pay for his studies. Olaf College in Minnesota but quit in two weeks. Gatsby was born as James Gatz in North Dakota. At this moment, Nick decides to tell the real story of Gatsby because he doesn’t want the readers to speculate about him. Following the rumors, a reporter arrives at Gatsby’s mansion.
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