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Jay Gatsby went to St. Olaf's Lutheran College.
"An instinct toward his future glory had led him, some months beofre, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf's in Minnesota."(99) -
Jay Gatsby changes his name.
"James Gatz- that was really, or at least legally his name." (pg.98) -
Jay Gatsby meets Dan Cody
"It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas paints, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour." -
Gatsby had two job at the age of 17. A claim digger and a salmon fisher.
"For over a year he had been beating his way along the shore of Lake Superior." (98) -
Leaving for the West Indies and Barbary Coast.
A few days later, Dan Cody and Jay Gatsby leave for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast on the Tuolomee. (100) -
Ella Kaye comes on board.
"Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died." (100) -
When Gatsby and Daisy meet.
Gatsby and Daisy used to be a couple until Gatsby goes off to the war. Daisy meets another rich guy.
