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How Do We Progress Further Into Chapter 6 Of The Great Gatsby

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As we progress further into the book; F. Scott Fitzgerald significantly furthers the development of one of our main characters, Gatsby. Questions throughout the first couple chapters surround Gatsby's true background. A German spy, war veteran, cousin of a Duke or other foreign hierarchy, a man that has shot someone before and an Oxford man (that Gatsby says he is although Nick has his doubt). These are all rumors that surround Gatsby and all those who wonder about the mysterious man's past. It isn't until chapter 6 that we can really put these rumors to rest. Gatsby was born, named Jay Gatz on in North Dakota (born on a farm). We find out that Gatsby is no Oxford graduate, but actually dropped out of St. Olaf's after two weeks of having to, with the …show more content…

One day his fate was set to change. As a storm was coming Jay went out to warn a yacht that was owned by a Dan Cody. Dan took a liking to Gatsby and took him on board, basically as a first mate. It was on board that Gatz took on the name of Jay Gatsby. The whole aspect of comfort and luxury caused Gatsby to fall in love with wealth. We also find out that Cody is the reason that Gatsby himself, doesn't drink much as Dan was commonly polluted (drunk) and as Gatsby was in charge of looking out for him during his drinking endeavors, he was alert of the consequence and convinced him not to turn out the same way. A little while later Dan died and left $25,000 for Gatsby although his mistress through court and some extent of the law. I believe the key point to giving all of this detail to the reader, is for the following: Gatsby from then on begins his journey to wealth and fortune, he is clearly quite motivated. It is my belief that Fitzgerald put this in the book for more than just a description but really as a model of the 1920's, the roaring 20's were a huge booming period and it was an opportunistic period for anyone. Even a simple man such a Jay Gatz could become the glorious and

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James Gatz changed his name, to Jay Gatsby, shortly after meeting Dan Cody. Dan Cody was a very wealthy man who earned his fortune while mining in a Nevada gold rush. After the death of Cody, Gatsby was supposed to inherit a piece of Cody’s fortune. That did not work as planned so Gatsby earned all

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He changed his name and made it his goal to literally become someone else. Before he was Jay Gatsby, he was James Gatz, son of two unsuccessful farmers (Fitzgerald, 76). James Gatz, however, was not someone that he wanted to be. Gatsby dreamed of being wealthy. In fact, he valued wealth so much that he changed from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby and build an entirely new persona so that he would leave no traces of his old, poor life behind .

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Within Chapter three F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the novel The Great Gatsby, declares a purpose to reveal Gatsby. Gatsby has never been formally introduced to the reader thus far in the book. Though Gatsby is spoken about often and his extravagant parties, no one is properly introduced to the man. Gatsby is known for his wealth and multiple want to know them man themselves, but rarely anyone does due to the fact that Gatsby lives a reclusive lifestyle. As a result of Gatsby restraining himself from others, false impressions are spread around.

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Dear, Odysseus Struggling in the pits of the Asheville Odysseus, don't fret the American dream is within your grasp! There is an abundance of variables you must take into account in order to achieve the American dream. However, it is not impossible as long as you carefully follow the advice that is packed full into this letter. Your way of life will drastically change, demeanor, state of morality, as well as you beliefs.

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He did not accept where he had came from ,and felt that his history must be more important. In chapter six, the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Nick, informs the readers that Gatsby’s parents were “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”

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This chapter put Gatby and Tom side-by-side. While this happened briefly in Chapter 6, here the two men take each other on, head-to-head. Tom can no longer deny that Gatsby and Daisy are having an affair (specifics about that affair are however unclear. The only thing of significance is that the affair is an extension of Gatsby's dream and it leads him to the destruction of the dream and of himself). Within hours of learning in his wife's indiscretions, Tom learn's that in addition to perhaps loosing his wife, he is most certainly losing his mistress.

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As said by other critics, “Jay Gatsby's determination to establish a new identity for himself sets him apart from the other characters in the text” (Verderame). Gatsby grew up as a poor farmer boy. Born into poverty from the beginning, Gatsby cared little for his family and was determined to leave them behind for a new life. This tragic past encourages Gatsby to entirely start a new life by changing his identity and personality before the reader is even introduced to the character. “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (98).Critics say, “In doing so, Gatsby has proven to himself that he can successfully change the story of his past” (Scisco).

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“James Gatz — that was really, or at least legally, his name… The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God.... So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end.” ( 99) Gatsby was just a ideal, a dream that was conceived from James Gatz , a poor boy. He changed everything, lied about his past and truly believed that he was Jay Gatsby.

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2. Gatsby comes from a poor family in North Dakota, but he lied about his past and said that he came from a wealthy family in San Francisco. Gatsby had also claimed that he inherited his wealth, but the truth is that he acquired his money from bootlegging. At the beginning of the novel he said he went to Oxford to make others think of him highly, but the truth was that he only studied at Oxford for 5 months. In other words, Jay Gatsby lied about his past to cover up that he came from a poor family.

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The American Dream is what many set their goals in life to be based upon, money, family, peace, and love. Every character in The Great Gatsby is selfish, but the four main characters that present themselves as the most selfish are, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby, the American Dream is present, but is overshadowed because of all the selfish people only wanting to become a higher class or show that they are of a higher class than everyone else around them. The Character that has the least amount significance to the story, but the most selfish is Jordan Baker. Jordan is described as an attractive, slender woman, small breasted and has a grey sun-strained eyes.

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The Connection of Wealth and Personality in Fitzgerald’s Works In our society, money is seen as the most important factor in decision making and in our overall lives. This is shown throughout all of Fitzgerald’s works and in many of his characters. His stories continually mention the effect that money has on the community. In one of her criticisms, Mary Jo Tate explains that “[Fitzgerald] was not a simple worshiper of wealth or the wealthy, but rather he valued wealth for the freedom and possibilities it provided, and he criticized the rich primarily for wasting those opportunities.

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He helped a wealth named Dan Cody who took him in. The name Jay Gatsby came from when Gatz “invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby” (Fitzgerald, 98) meaning that Jay Gatsby was an enhanced reiteration of himself. Overall, Gatsby appears to be this wealthy mogul that had a great past but, in reality, Gatsby is really a man who was fed up with his unsuccessful life and wanted to be more than a

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Dan Cody taught him many things about being rich. “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people…the truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself…so he invented the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent...” (Fitzgerald 104). What this quote is mainly talking about is that Gatsby didn’t come from the most well off family, nor did he think he was going to go anywhere as James Gatz so, he reinvented his whole being. He changed his image, his backstory, and even his name.

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While on the surface, Gatsby does have a ‘rags-to-riches’ story, it is not a virtuous one; he amasses his wealth through illegal channels by working with Meyer Wolfsheim, and never fulfills his dream, Daisy. Also, He changes his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby when he first encounters Dan Cody. Because Gatsby has to take on an entirely different persona to achieve success, disguising his poor upbringing and suggesting that James Gatz could never achieve the American dream. Gatsby first attempts to earn his financial success by performing menial labor for Cody, but when Cody’s ex-wife swindles Gatsby out of his inheritance, he turns to illegal means of getting rich. Not only does Gatsby illegally gain his wealth my selling grain liquor over the counter, but he also does so under the direction of Meyer Wolfsheim, breaking two essential qualities of the self-made man, virtue, and independence.

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