The Great Gatsby
Dan Cody
Gatsby’s early mentor
A rugged copper millionaire whose yacht changes the young James Gatz’s life.
Dan Cody is a boisterous, weathered millionaire who owns a yacht called the Tuolomee. He is rough-edged, adventurous and generous, and he shows the wear of a life lived to excess. He has a sea captain’s presence and piercing blue eyes.
He appears in the adaptation only in Gatsby’s origin story, and as a portrait in Gatsby’s bedroom, a reminder of the man who first lifted Gatsby out of poverty. His own story is told only in flashback.
“You've got sharp eyes and quick grit, son. What's your name?”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Seventeen-year-old James Gatz sees Cody’s yacht anchored in a dangerous spot and warns him that a squall will break over the shallows within half an hour. Cody admires his sharp eyes and quick grit, takes him aboard and asks his name. The boy answers Jay Gatsby, and a new life begins.
Cody gives the young man his first look at real wealth, and the name Gatsby is the first thing that he keeps.
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