Chapter 6 (GG)

A reporter comes to Gatsby's house one day wanting to know if the rumors about him are true. Nick then starts to tell us Gatsby's past right after that, since we need to know about him before anything else. Jay Gatsby's real name is James Gatz and he's from North Dakota. His parents were farmers. He went St. Olaf college and paid for it by doing janitorial work, but he dropped out after 2 weeks. He went to Lake Superior to do random work when he was 17 and that's where he met a 50 year old rich man named Dan Cody. He informed Cody of a storm so Cody's boat wouldn't get ruined and Cody took him on as an assistant and supervisor because he was an alcoholic and needed someone to watch over him when he was drunk. When Cody died, he left $250,000 for Gatsby, but Gatsby was cheated out of it by some lady that wanted Cody's money.
Nick didn't see Gatsby for weeks but one day when he visits him, Tom and Mr. and Mrs. Sloane ride over on horses for a drink. Gatsby invites them for supper, but they decline. They throw out the same offer for him. Gatsby accepts, and doesn't realize they don't want him. They ditch him, telling Nick to tell them they were late. The next party Gatsby has, Daisy and Tom come. Tom just goes because he wants to keep an eye out for Daisy. The whole time they were there, Daisy and Gatsby only talked for around half an hour, since Gatsby was the host he had to go around. Daisy didn't really have a good time and Gatsby knows it. He wants to change the past, have Daisy and Tom get a divorce, so Daisy can be with him. Nick tries to tell Gatsby this, but he won't listen to Nick. [oh, and tom called gatsby a bootlegger, she wasn't happy]

Response- I think Gatsby needs to realize that life isn't fair, and try to get over Daisy, because this can't end well. It was great when Gatsby kept referring to Tom as the polo player though.

Question- Will Tom do something to Gatsby because he's jealous that Daisy keeps spending time with him?