Summary of The Great Gatsby

When Gatsby was a young boy, he lived Minnesota with his parents who were unsuccessful farmers. He followed the book Hopalong Cassidy to improve himself. This book provided a day-to-day schedule and general resolves. When he was seventeen, he created the name Jay Gatsby and he lived a life by Lake Superior fishing. He went to a college in Southern Minnesota, but he looked down on the idea of being a janitor to pay for his education. He returned to Lake Superior as Dan Cody’s yacht docked. Dan Cody was a robust millionaire who made his fortune from every rush for gold, silver, and copper. Cody took a liking towards Gatsby and they sailed around the continent having extravagant parties aboard the Tuolumne. When Cody died,...