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When Dan Cody's boat comes up the shore where Gatz is watching the sea, Gatz takes the chance to go and tell him that there is a great wind coming, and his boat will be ripped to shreds. He sees an opportunity to gain some expertise, and when asked his name, he replies Jay Gatsby. It says in the book that he had had the name ready for a long time, and that he was a man of opportunity, so this new, slicker name suited the situation.

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