In this chapter we finally get to know some useful information about Gatsby, or as we now know James Gatz. We also get to know who Dan Cody was and what he did for Gatsby. When Gatsby was young he was given a position on Cody's yacht so that when Cody was completely drunk there would be someone there to make sure he did not do something completely insane. After a brief explanation of Gatsby's past we find out that Tom is starting to have suspicions about Daisy and Gatsby so when Tom happens to join in Gatsby's weekly party he observes Daisy at all times. By the end of the chapter Daisy leaves and does not have the best time and Gatsby asks Nick for an explanation but does not realize that he is way too caught up in the past.
Dan Cody
"Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor in the shallows along the shore."
From what we know about Dan Cody he was the one who made Gatsby part of the man who he is today. The only problem that we find with Cody is that he is an extreme drunk which is that main reason he gives Gatsby a job in the first place. In other words Gatsby is his babysitter.
Cody is a man we do not know much but we also know plenty about him. We know that he was the man who gave Gatsby an opportunity at a life with riches and not having to worry about the problems of the low and middle class. We also know that he has a very big problem when it comes to drinking which is why he needed someone like Gatsby in the first place. By the time Cody passed he had left a very big amount of money but was not able to receive it because of technicalities.
"For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing"
This quote really stuck out to me because it showed just what Gatsby thought of the world. To Gatsby the world was something he could bend to his whim and anything was possible as long as he thought of it in his head. The really disappointing part of it all is that he thinks that he can have Daisy think back five years from now and feel the same way. He lives in a dream and doesn't want to wake up from it but believes that that is his reality.
No comments:
Post a Comment