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Goes To College
" 'An instinct toward his future glory had led him, some months before, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf's in southern Minnesota. He stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay his way through." (Pg. 99, "The Great Gatzby") -
Changes His Name
"James Gatz- that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the begining of his career..." (Pg. 98, "The Great Gatzby") -
Meets Dan Cody
James see's Cody's yacht pull into the bay. James go to warn Cody about a storm coming through and the man gets to talking with the young boy. Cody notices James is "quick and extravagantly ambitious." (pg. 100 "The Great Gatsby") -
Meets Daisy
Gatzby meets Daisy, the daughter of wealthy southern socialists, while he is stationed in Louisville, Kentucky as a first Lieutenant and the two fall in love. Daisy is not able to marry Gatzby before he goes off to war because he is not rich enough at the time. -
Wold War I
" '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. I accepted a commision as first lieutenant when is began.' " (Pg. 66, "The Great Gatzby") -
Dan Cody Dies
"...It might have lasted indefinitely except for the fact Ella KAy came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died." (Pg. 100, "The Great Gatzby") -
Gatzby Finds Daisy
" 'We haven't met for many years,' said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it ever could be.
'Five years next November.'" (Pg. 87, "The Great Gatzby")
