ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Jay Gatsby, Main Plot, Lake Superior
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They are specific details, but they describe most of the men of that generation. To a large extent, nick fades into the background, but he moves the plot a few times eg. letting gatsby use his house (to talk to daisy) His personality doesn"t infuse the narrative at a first glance: does not directly reveal to us. Main plot points: he was born into an unsuccessful farm family poor o. Started beating his way along the south shore of lake superior and providing for himself at age 17: at age 17 he (james gatz) sees dan cody in the caribbean. Cody struggles to sail his ship and then he approaches him and attempts to save him. Cody taught him how to act like a proper" man, not necessarily giving him money: once cody died he did not inherit his wealth, he was robbed from this, became a soldier at camp & meets daisy.
