Chapter 6

This yacht represents wealth and prosperity. One day Gastby met Dan Cody, a wealthy yacht owner. Gatsby saw Dan out on his yacht and Gatsby rowed out to warn him about an approaching storm. At that moment, Dan took young Gatsby, who presented himself as Jay Gastby, on his yacht and named Gatsby his assistant. This is when Gatsby was introduced to wealth and lavishness and he fell in love with it. Dan was an intense drinker and one of Gastby's jobs was to look after Dan during his drunken splurges. These events illustrated to Gatsby the dark sides of drinking and it encouraged Gatsby not to do it himself. After Cody died, he left Gastby $25,000, but Cody's mistress did not let Gastby declare his legacy. This point started all of Gatsby's success.

Quotes:
1. "His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" (104).
Significance: Gatsby has come a long way in his life unlike his parents when it comes to wealth and power. Also, this is why Gatsby's father is so proud of his son because he built his success on his own.

2. "I remember the portrait of him up in Gatsby's bedroom, a grey, florid man with a hard empty face" (106).
Significance: The color grey describes Dan Cody as a very firm but empty man. He had all of the wealth he wanted but still no happiness.

3. "It was indirectly due to Cody that Gatsby drank so little" (107).
Significance: Gatsby does not drink because as Dan Cody's assistant, he had to watch after Cody as he got drunk and it showed Gatsby the negatives of drinking.

4. "He was left with his singularly appropriate education; the vague contour of Jay Gatsby had filled out to the substantially of a man" (107).
Significance: This shows that just because Gatsby did not end up receiving the $25,000 Cody had left him, he still took in the knowledge that he remembered from Cody in order to become successful.

Analysis:
In chapter 6, Fitzgerald focuses on how Gatsby became so successful. Growing up, Gatsby was given very little by his parents and he lived in poverty. After meeting Dan Cody, Gatsby fell in love with money and success. From then on, he took in Cody's understanding of achievement and wanted to become victorious.