Chapter Six

Picture: Yacht

This picture represents Dan Cody and his yacht. Dan Cody was the man who took Gatsby. Dan Cody is a copper mogul. They met when Gatsby went to warn Dan Cody of an in pending storm coming. Cody was grateful and gave him a job as his own personal assistant. Before Gatsby worked for Cody his name was James Gatz, as he started to work for him Cody gave him the name Jay Gatsby. When Cody died he left him $25,000. Cody's mistress prevented Gatsby from getting his inheritance. This gave Gatsby the motive to make money and become rich.


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"It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of cavas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a row boat..." (104). When hes was getting in to the boat hes one person and when he gets out he's another person, this represents Gatsby's two identities due to his great wealth.

" His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people-his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all"(104). Gatsby's true feelings of his poor parents is relieved and expresses a whole new outlook on his life. For instance not being wealthy in the his early life.

" But he would be uneasy anyhow until he had given them something, realizing in a vague way that was all they came for"(108). During Gatsby's parties falseness of people is expresses.

"You come to supper with me, said the lady enthusiastically" (109). This shows self absorption.

Theme : The American Dream

Gatsby is a person that was thought to attain the American Dream. He has wealth,capitalism, and owns his own business. Gatsby is a self made man, all the money he has is from him earning every penny on his own. He started from nothing and came from a poor life and he then wanted to make money so he tried his hardest and he then achieved the American Dream. He started off as James Gatz he then met a man named Dan Cody who called him Jay Gatsby. Dan Cody then died years later and left Gatsby money. He didn't eventually get that money so he dedicated himself to becoming a wealthy successful man, which he achieved in doing so. While Gatsby worked for Cody he fell in love with wealth mostly because he was surrounded by it. Also because he saw how much power money had. The reason Gatsby attained the American Dream was because he worked hard for it and did everything he could to become wealthy. Though Gatsby was not successful in the American dream. He basically stayed rich to impress Daisy, because she would not marry him when he was poor. He eventually never was happy and the only one who made him happy was Daisy, not his wealth. James Gatz and Jay Gatsby are two different people Jay Gatsby is the rich hard working man that wants to attain the American Dream. While James Gatz is a poor boy that worked hard just to make ends meet.