In chapter six we learn the true past of Gatsby, his true legal name is James Gatz the son of “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”. Gatsby was always a self absorbed person and cared a lot about his social status. He worked to pay for his college tuition, but then dropped out because he was embarrassed that he had to pay for it by being a janitor, he then became a fishermen to try and sustain himself financially and he was basically scraping to get by. Until one day, he ran into Dan Cody to warn him of an incoming storm that would split his boat in two. Dan Cody invited Gatsby to pay him to go and travel with Cody to help manage the boat. Cody helped Gatsby create a complete new life for himself, which opens up many opportunities to make his dreams come true and become a wealthy man. In this chapter we begin to see the true Jay Gatsby, he is not the honest and generous man he seems like at the beginning of the book. He is a dishonest man who lies and cheats and is so obsessed with his own being and materialistic things that it pretty much consumed him. He is basically trying to ruin Daisy’s marriage with Tom, even though it is already a mess, so that he can have her all to himself. At this point of the book Gatsby seems like a very greedy, selfish, and dishonest man.