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James Gatz is born to parent farmers.
"His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people."(98) -
Clammed and fished for salmon on Lake Superior; slept where he could
"He had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher or in any capacity that brought him food and bed." (98) -
Worked at St. Olaf's in Minnesota as a janitor.
"An instinct towards his future glory had led him, some months before, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf's in southern Minnesota."(99) -
Changed his name to Jay Gatsby.
"James Gatz-- that was really, or at least legally his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen." (98) -
Started his career with Dan Cody on his yacht on Lake Superior.
"At the specific moment that witnessed the biggining of his career-- when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor..." (98) -
Dan died and Gatsby did not inherit 25,000 dollars.
"And it was from Cody that he inherited money-- A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. He didnt get it." (100) -
He dates Daisy as a Liutenant in the army.
"The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time, and because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since. His name was Jay Gatsby." (75)
