The Great Gatsby

Jay Gatsby went to St. Olaf's Lutheran College.

Apr 16, 1912

"An instinct toward his future glory had led him, some months beofre, to the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf's in Minnesota."(99)

Jay Gatsby changes his name.

Jun 14, 1912

"James Gatz- that was really, or at least legally his name." (pg.98)

Jay Gatsby meets Dan Cody

Jun 26, 1912

"It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas paints, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour."

Gatsby had two job at the age of 17. A claim digger and a salmon fisher.

Jun 27, 1912

"For over a year he had been beating his way along the shore of Lake Superior." (98)

Leaving for the West Indies and Barbary Coast.

Jul 2, 1912

A few days later, Dan Cody and Jay Gatsby leave for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast on the Tuolomee. (100)

Ella Kaye comes on board.

Jun 23, 1917

"Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died." (100)

When Gatsby and Daisy meet.

Oct 28, 1917

Gatsby and Daisy used to be a couple until Gatsby goes off to the war. Daisy meets another rich guy.