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He gets a job on a yacht, working with his future idol, Dan Cody
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Dan Cody passes away, and leaves Gatsby to inherit 25,000 dollars, but Cody's mistress prevents Gatsby from claiming the inheritance.
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After this, they quickly fall in love
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This obviously breaks up his relationship with Daisy, but he hopes that they will be able to easily reunite when he comes back
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But not to Gatsby. She gets engaged to Tom Buchanan, an arrogant rich man from New Orleans
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While serving the US military, he earns several medals
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Tom Buchanan and Daisy are now married, though Gatsby still has no idea any of this is going on. The day before their wedding, Daisy was found by Jordan drunk with a letter on her hand. It is speculated that this letter was from Gatsby.
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He only attends Oxford for five months, and then drops out
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Daisy delivers a baby girl when Tom is not present.
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They stay there for about a year
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They move to Chicago, and then to East Egg, on Long Island in New York
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They are both in the armed forces and at some point they cross paths and briefly talk and meet each other. Neither of them ever thought their relationship would develop into the friendship they have later on.
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Nick moves into West Egg, into the house right next to Gatsby's. He is studying to be a bondsman and gets a job in New York City.
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Nick travels to Daisy's home for a little lunch party and to catch up on things with his cousin (Daisy), and there he meets Tom Buchanan, Daisy's spouse, and Jordan Baker, a friend of the Buchanans, who is a professional golfer.
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Nick and Tom take Myrtle, Tom’s mistress, to Morningside Heights, an apartment in New York. They have a small party consisting of Nick, Tom, Myrtle, Myrtle’s sister Catherine, and the Mckee couple. Tom Buchanan slaps Myrtle for disobeying his orders.
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He invites Nick, who meets Jordan Baker at the party. Nobody there seems to know who Gatsby is, but Nick is very curious to meet him, so for a good amount of the party tries to find him. They finally meet, and at first Nick seems very fond of him.
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Gatsby drives Nick and himself to New York City, where they have lunch, and Gatsby reveals his "past".
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While at lunch, Nick meets Meyer Wolfsheim, a con artist (who Gatsby claims was the one who rigged the World Series), and this leads one to suspect that Gatsby's riches are derived from illegal sources.
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Nick sets up a little gathering at his house by the request of Gatsby, so that he can finally meet back up with his long lost love, Daisy. The beginning of the reunion is painfully awkward, but they end up getting past that and talking for hours.
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Tom and Daisy attend one of Gatsby's parties, where they get in an argument and Tom accuses Gatsby of being a bootlegger.
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George Wilson finds out about the affair going on between his wife and Tom Buchanan, and wants to move her out west.
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Daisy is carelessly driving home in Gatsby's yellow Rolls Royce, and Myrtle steps out in front of the car and gets hit, killing her instantly. Daisy doesn't realize/car what happened though, and keeps on driving, and Gatsby volunteers to take the blame. George Wilson though recognizes that car as Gatsby's, and believes he did it.
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Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan go out to New York City for lunch. They later rent a hotel room in the city to go hang out in, and when Tom witnesses the passion between Daisy and Gatsby, all hell breaks loose and there is a big fight. Daisy ends up staying with Tom, which crushes Gatsby.
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They finally decide it is time to end their relationship
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Since George Wilson thought it was Gatsby who ran over Myrtle, one day he comes over while Gatsby is lying in his pool and shoots and kills him. George then kills himself.
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Nick tries to gather Gatsby's friends for his funeral ceremony, but they all have conviniently disappeared. The only people who show up are Nick, Gatsby's father, Owl Eyes, a couple servants, and several other various acquaintances of Gatsby's.
