Dan Cody

When James Gatz decided and to actually changed his name was when he was 17.That  was also the moment that began his career. Dan Cody had a very big part in this moment of Gatsby's life.When  James Gatz met Dan Cody he was walking along the beach wearing a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants. James was the one that whent up to Dan first in that moment a frienship had started. Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor over an insidious flat on Lake Superior. When James saw this, he borrowed a rowboat, and pulled out to where Cody was on the water to help him and warn him that winds are coming. The transactions in Montana copper made Cody a great millionaire. Cody was softminded, and naive, and many young women took advantage of this. One woman in particular, Ella Kaye, a newspaper woman, took advantage of his weakness. Over the next few years, Gatsby was steward, mate, skipper, secretary and even jailer for Dan Cody. But  Dan Cody had a thirst for alcohol and drank continuously. Upon the return of Ella Kaye one night in Boston, Dan Cody was hospitalize and died. Dan Cody did influence Gatsby in many ways; most importantly, watching Cody's excessive drinking, made Gatsby drink very little. A portrait of Cody hangs on Gatsby's wall.