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Jake inadvertently discourages a student's dream to become a lawyer. Nick tells Jake that Liza used to be married.
Top-rated. #1 ∙ S1.E3 ∙ Fight School. Thu, May 25, 2006. Jake has to decide between stopping an after school fight between two students and spending 2 hours with Nick and Liza at Michael Jordan's mansion. 9.2/10 (56) Rate. #2 ∙ S1.E5 ∙ Don't Mess with Sloppy. Thu, May 25, 2006. Jake inadvertently discourages a student's dream to become a lawyer.
The new identity taken on by young James Gatz has been shattered, and it is at this point that Gatsby lets Nick into the secret of his life-changing meetings with Dan Cody and with Daisy Fay. Nick has already told us the story of Gatsby’s life on Cody’s yacht.
Nick’s description of Gatsby’s early life reveals the sensitivity to status that spurs Gatsby on. His humiliation at having to work as a janitor in college contrasts with the promise that he experiences when he meets Dan Cody, who represents the attainment of everything that Gatsby wants.
If Gatsby represents one part of Fitzgerald’s personality, the flashy celebrity who pursued and glorified wealth in order to impress the woman he loved, then Nick represents another part: the quiet, reflective Midwesterner adrift in the lurid East.
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Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy never came outside the previous night, but rejects Nick's advice to forget Daisy and leave Long Island. He tells Nick about the early days of his relationship with Daisy. He remembers how taken he was by her wealth, her enormous house, and even by the fact that other men had loved her.
