Dan Cody in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: Dan Cody in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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In chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby, a reporter comes to Gatsby’s door to interview him about his personal life. Jay
Gatsby’s original name was James Gatz and he was born on a North Dakota farm but went to college in St. Olaf,
Minnesota. He dropped out of college and later met the wealthy Dan Cody who hired him as a personal assistant.
When Dan Cody died he left Gatsby $25,000, but his mistress prevented Gatsby from claiming it. After that, Gatsby
was determined to become rich and successful. Later on, Nick visits Gatsby and is shocked to find Tom Buchanan
there, and the next Saturday Tom and Daisy attend one of Gatsby’s parties. After the party Gatsby is worried that
Daisy did not enjoy it and Nick tells him to give up on Daisy, however, Gatsby refuses and instead tells Nick about
he and Daisy’s past.
The quote that best describes Jay Gatsby is, “He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to
recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy” (110). The good qualities of Jay
Gatsby are he is a loyal person and he has a good heart. The bad qualities of Gatsby are he is amoral, dishonest,
and throws his money away. Fitzgerald developed this character to show how people use their wealth to get love
only to discover the love is not real. Additionally, he is developed throughout the novel to be an example of how
living extravagantly can be an empty life.
A meaningful quote in the chapter is, “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his
Platonic conception of himself” (98). This quote is meaningful to the story because it reveals the truth of Gatsby
changing his identity. Also, it focuses on the fact that Gatsby wasn’t going to let any obstacle stop him fro...
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