The chapter begins as Nick has a flashback about Gatsby's early life. James Gatz, or Jay Gatsby, lived in North Dakota an attended St. Olaf's College in Minnesota, only to drop out two weeks later due to his despairing work as a janitor to pay his own tuition. As James Gatz worked on Lake Superior, he warned Dan Cody of a storm and Cody employed Gatz as his personal assistant and named him Jay Gatsby. Later, Cody died and left his inheritance to Gatsby, but Cody's cunning mistress prevented the transaction to happen and got the thousands instead of Gatsby. The scene changes and Tom and Daisy are in Gatsby's party, Gatsby showing off his wealth to Tom with every chance he gets.
Character: Dan Cody
"A few days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pairs of white duck trousers, and a yachting cap."
Dan Cody is wealthy, charitable, and grateful. His wealth is shown through his transactions of Montana copper. His gratefulness is exemplified though taking in Gatz, a mere child of farmers. To show even more charitableness, he buys Gatsby a good amount of clothing.
Dan Cody's role in the novel is to pose as Gatsby's rich friend to the eyes of others and also to remind Gatsby of who he originally was. Gatsby is self-conscious of how others look at him, so he would want people to think that his old friend is an extremely rich person. So far in the novel, the picture of Gatsby on "his" yacht is the only proof of his secret past.
Quote:
"He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: 'I never loved you.' "
The quote signifies how obsessed Gatsby is about Daisy. According to novel, there has never been anything mentioned between Daisy and Gatsby about switching loyalties from Tom to Gatsby so far. There is no reason why Daisy should go up to Tom and tell him the truth at the moment, yet Gatsby desires her to. Even though Gatsby has waited for five years, the quote also tells how desperate and impatient he is now.
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