Dan Cody, in Francis Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', was a wealthy copper mogul. What most people probably knew him by was his yacht, which obviously already illustrated his wealth and power. Dan Cody was the man that introduced Jay Gatsby to what I like to call the good life- luxury. Once introduced, Gatsby wanted nothing else but what Dan had, and so his life began.
Jay Gatsby one day noticed Dan Cody's yacht out in the distance while on his boat, and knowing of an impending storm, he rowed out to Dan to warn him. Upon initial contact, Cody grateful enough to take the young Gatsby aboard his yacht as his personal assistant. Gatsby had traveled with Cody to the Barbary Coast and the West Indies, and it was then that he had fallen in love with wealth and luxury.
Dan Cody was a heavy drinker, and it was Gatsby's given job by Cody himself to look after him during his drunken actions among his boat. This is what inspired Gatsby to not become a drinker himself, as he saw the dangers of such a life. Dan Cody left Gatsby a sum of $25,000 when he died, and the rest of his inheritance went to his mistress. This was the time Gatsby set off to become such a wealthy man himself.
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