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James Gatz was born
Jay Gatsby's real name was James Gatz. pg 104 "James Gatz-that was really, or at least legally, his name." -
College
James Gatz went to a college and worked as a Janitor. Pg 105 "an instinct toward his future glory had led him some months before, to the small Lutheran College of St. Olaf in Southern Minnesota." -
James met Dan Cody
James Gatz met Dan Cody. pg 104 "...When he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior." -
James Gatz
At age 17, James Gatz changed his name to Jay Gatsby. Pg 104 "James Gatz- that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen." -
Dan starts his career with Dan Cody
Dan starts salmon fishing with Dan Cody. Pg 98 "For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher..." -
Dan Cody dies.
Dan Cody dies and Gatsby didn't get the inherited money. Pg 102 "And it was from Cody that ge inherited money- a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. He didn't get it." -
James and Daisy meet.
James Gatz and Daisy meet. Pg 75 "The officer looked at Dasiy 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, and I didn't lay eyes on him again for four years- even after I'd met him on Long Island i didn't realize it was the same man."
