The main theme of chapter 6 was transformation. In this chapter Gatsby's early life and how he became motivated to become rich and gain a higher social status. Gatsby was motivated by a man named Dan Cody who showed Gatsby what it was like to be wealthy and have a high social status. Dan Cody helped James Gatz transform into Jay Gatsby. Gatsby had undergo a transformation in the early stages of his life that made him want to be wealthy and of a high social status. The transformation in his early years made him who he was in the novel.
"And it was from Cody that Gatsby inherited money" (99) This shows how Dan Cody helped Gatsby achieve his goal of having a high social life, and wealth.
But Gatsby didn't get his wealth from Cody. So where does it come from? He got a taste of that life, but now he needs to go out and make it happen for himself.
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