Dan Cody is a character in the book The Great Gatsby. In the book he is known to have had a large impact on Jay Gatsby's life. When Dan Cody met Gatsby, it was a day that changed the course of Gatsby's life for as it seems the better. These two men first met on Lake Superior when Gatsby decided he was going to borrow a rowboat and warn Cody about the weather he did this so that Cody would know and find a different place to station his yacht. One way Dan Cody largely impacted Gatsby's life was that he was around when James Gatz decided to change his name to Jay Gatsby. When Gatz decided to change his name to Gatsby, at the age 17, it was the start of a new career for him. Gatsby became to be a mate, a steward, a secretary and a jailer for his boss Dan Cody. over the years that they were with one another, Gatsby, became know to be very trusted by Dan Cody. 
Cody came from the silver feilds in Nevada and was part of the Yukon. Cody became a millionare from the transactions in the Montana coper. Cody was taken advantage of by many young women, because he naive and softminded. One women in paticular took advantage of Cody's weakness. This woman name was Ella Kaye she was known to be a newspaper women. Through out all the time that Gatsby knew Dan Cody he was an instable alcoholic that decided to drink continuously. Seeing this over the years made Gatsby drink very little in the years to come. Dan Cody dies one night in Boston after Ella Kaye comes once again back into his life.
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