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James Gatz meets Dan Cody and becomes Jay Gatsby

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17 year old James Gatz is walking along the coast when he notices a yacht "drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior"(98). Using a borrowed rowboat, James paddles out to warn the wealthy yacht owner, Dan Cody, of the dangerously shallow water. He charmingly introduces himself as Jay Gatsby, representing the day when he truly morphed into a new person and "witnessed the beginning of his career"(98).

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After initially meeting Jay, Dan Cody took Jay shopping and essentially took him under his wing. They sailed to the West Indies and Barbary Coast together. "The arrangement lasted five years,"(100) until Dan Cody passed away. Jay did not gain any tangible inheritance, but he did receive a valuable education from his time with Dan.

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Craving the wealth he had been associated for so long, Gatsby gets involved with illegal activities to rebuild his wealth. When a guest speculates on how Gatsby earned his money, Daisy explains that he owns several liquor stores. While nowadays this would be a reasonable and even admirable source of wealth, prohibition banned the selling of alcohol in the 1920's. If Daisy's statement was true, Gatsby did indeed attain his wealth illegally.

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Gatsby trains for, then gets drafted for war

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Gatsby meets Daisy when he is stationed near her home. They fall in love despite discouragement of people from different status being together at the time. Gatsby becomes obsessed with Daisy.

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Gatsby and Daisy depart when Gatsby leaves to continue in the war.  They hope to reunite when Gatsby returns.  Daisy, coming from old money and considering the time period, is pressured to marry a rich man young, and marrys her unfaithful and pathetic husband, Tom.

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Gatsby returns from war and Daisy is gone with Tom. He continues to build his wealth illegally working with Meyer Wolfsheim.

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After achieving great success in his illegal business and having stockpiled tons of money, Gatsby locates Daisy in East Egg. He purposefully moves into an extravagant mansion near her and formulates a plan to win her back.

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Gatsby somehow discovers Nick's relation to Daisy, realizing how much he can assist in his mission to attract Daisy back to him. He purposefully gives Nick, and only Nick, a special invitation to his party in hopes of becoming closer to him for his personal benefit.