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Gatsby Timeline

  • He was born

    He was born
    "at the age of 17" (1912) page 98
  • He "went" to St. Olaf's

    He "went" to St. Olaf's
    "An instinct to his future glory had led him, some months before, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf's in southern Minnesota." page 99
  • Gatsby worked as a clam digger and a salmon fisherman

    Gatsby worked as a clam digger and a salmon fisherman
    "...he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam digger and a salmon fisher" page 98
  • Met Dan Cody

    Met Dan Cody
    "...it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolemee, and informed Fody that a wind might catch him up in half an hour." page 99
  • Gatsby changed his name.

    Gatsby changed his name.
    "He had changed it at the age of seventeen..." page 98
  • Gatsby worked on Dan Cody's Boat

    Gatsby worked on Dan Cody's Boat
    "Then he (Gatsby) drifted back to Lake Superior, and he was still swarching for something to do on the day that Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor..." page 98
  • Dan Cody Died

    Dan Cody Died
    "...and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died." page 100