Other Significant Characters
Daisy:
In this chapter Daisy attends one of Gatsby’s parties. Her husband tags along,
worried that she spends too much time with Gatsby alone. Daisy is excited
for the party and loves the idea of seeing celebrities. At first Daisy is in awe
of the party, but once this wares off she ends up having a terrible time.
Daisy hates West Egg, believing that people with new money are not as classy
and have taken a short cut to money, unlike the people with old money in East Egg.
Gatsby is upset that Daisy had a bad time, hinting that she was truly the reason
that he hosts these parties and that he wishes that Daisy would leave her husband.
In this chapter Daisy attends one of Gatsby’s parties. Her husband tags along,
worried that she spends too much time with Gatsby alone. Daisy is excited
for the party and loves the idea of seeing celebrities. At first Daisy is in awe
of the party, but once this wares off she ends up having a terrible time.
Daisy hates West Egg, believing that people with new money are not as classy
and have taken a short cut to money, unlike the people with old money in East Egg.
Gatsby is upset that Daisy had a bad time, hinting that she was truly the reason
that he hosts these parties and that he wishes that Daisy would leave her husband.
Dan Cody:
Dan Cody is a wealthy fifty-year-old man. He made millions selling copper and
has a heavy drinking problem. Gatsby meets Cody when he is only seventeen and
Cody hires him as a personal assistant. Cody shows Gatsby his idea of the
American Dream and inspires Gatsby to achieve this himself. Gatsby is tired of
being a janitor, and a clam-digger, and a salmon-fisher, all he wants is to be
successful and be able to freely spend his money like Cody.
Dan Cody is a wealthy fifty-year-old man. He made millions selling copper and
has a heavy drinking problem. Gatsby meets Cody when he is only seventeen and
Cody hires him as a personal assistant. Cody shows Gatsby his idea of the
American Dream and inspires Gatsby to achieve this himself. Gatsby is tired of
being a janitor, and a clam-digger, and a salmon-fisher, all he wants is to be
successful and be able to freely spend his money like Cody.