Chapter Six Flashcards
Who started appearing at Gatsby’s home?
Reporters interviewing him.
What does Nick then reveal the truth behind?
Gatsby’s past - Born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota around 1900.
When did Gatsby change his name?
Changed his name to Jay Gatsby around seventeen.
What did Gatsby do before meeting Dan Cody?
Spent more than a year on the South shore of Lake Superior fishing and then drops out of St. Olaf’s University in Minnesota after two weeks.
Who is Dan Cody?
A fifty year old multi-millionaire expert in mining and precious metals.
What does Gatsby end up doing for five years?
As Cody’s assistant aboard the Tuolomee boat.
What happens when Dan Cody dies?
Leaves Gatsby $25,000 which Gatsby never receives due to Ella Kaye altering the will.
Gatsby then dedicates himself to becoming rich and successful.
What, like many other men within the Roaring Twenties, is Gatsby?
A self-made man, even changing his name to become a ‘success’.
After not seeing Gatsby for a few weeks what happens?
Gatsby turns up to his door - a few moments later Tom Buchanan also unexpectedly shows up with some friends - the Sloanes.
What does Gatsby tell Tom Buchanan?
That he knows his wife - Daisy and invites Tom and his friends to stay for dinner.
They say they cannot stay but invite Gatsby to dinner but Gatsby does not realise this is just to be polite and accepts.
What does Gatsby fail to understand in this interaction?
The Old Money behaviour of insincere politeness.
Who goes to Gatsby’s party the following Saturday night?
Tom and Daisy - Tom is disdainful of the party and though Daisy and Gatsby dance, she also seems unhappy.
What does Tom say he suspects Gatsby’s fortune to be from?
Bootlegging - Nick denies this and Daisy says he made his money himself from drug stores that he built up himself.
What had Nick clearly come to sympathise with?
Gatsby over Tom.
What does Daisy not enjoying the party suggest?
That rebuilding her and Gatsby’s love may not be so easy and there will be many obstacles.
