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Clam and Salmon Fisherman
"...he had been beating his way along South Shore of Lake Superior as a clam digger and slamon fisher..." P.104 -
Lutheran College of St. Olaf
"An instinct towards his future glory had led him, some months before, to small Lutheran College of St. Olaf in Southern Minnesota." P. 105 -
Dropped out of St. Olaf
"He stayed there two weeks..." P. 105 -
Meets Dan Cody
"He had been coasting along all too hospitable shores for five years when he turned up as James Gatz's destiny in Little Girl Bay." P. 106 -
Worked out Dan Cody's Yacht
"He was employed in a vague personal capacity - while he remained with Cody he was in turn a steward, mate, skipper, secretary..." P. 106 -
Meets Daisy
"The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since. His name was Jay Gatsby..." P. 80 -
Goes to War
"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief and I tried very hard to die but I seemed to bear an enchanted life." P. 70 -
Gatsby Meets Daisy 5 Years Later
"Daisy's face, tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat, looked out at me with a bright smile." P.90
