Chapter 6 and 7

In this chapter Nick tells us more about Gatsby, and who he is. We first learn that his first name was James Gatz and that he changed it to Jay Gatsby when he began his career with Dan Cody. He did this because he wanted to break away from his poor parents and start a new life. Gatsby was in charge of Cody’s yacht for about five years and because he was in charge of the yacht he didn’t drink which explains why Gatsby doesn’t drink at his own parties. Nick decides to tell the reader this now because the reader still didn’t know all that much about Gatsby and may have some misconceptions about who he is. People think that Gatsby is a partier himself because he throws all of the parties but in fact he learned from his past that drinking only causes trouble, which he learned from Dan Cody. The reader just thought that Gatsby’s life was easy and that he was happy with himself. Before Nick had reviled the truth about Gatsby’s background people had come up with stories about Gatsby and now that the truth has been reviled the stories will lessen.