Gatsby is never really corrupted by his money because the only reason why he wanted the money was so he could be with Daisy. Therefor since he didn't get the money for any greedy and selfish reasons the money never corrupted him.
It is never mentioned in the novel The Great Gatsby about how Gatsby specifically obtained the money nor how long it took.
Dan Cody gave Jay Gatsby a job. He also tried to leave him some money but Gatsby never received it. Most importantly Dan Cody taught Gatsby how to act rich.
Gatsby will never be accepted by Daisy and Tom because he comes from a different social background and doesn't have the same wealth and status as they do. They are also unable to see past his criminal activities and perceive him as an outsider who will never fit into their elite circle. Additionally, Daisy is too entrenched in her own world and obligations to break away from her marriage and embrace Gatsby fully.
Gatsby's house, his car and his other possessions were all bought from the illegal bootlegging his did to acquire his money. You could say that these possessions represent a kind of corruption, and a false materialism - Gatsby in truth never really cared about the riches, his house and his things, but only about using them to get Daisy's attention.
Gatsby obtained his money through illegal activities such as bootlegging and gambling. Tom startles Gatsby by revealing that he knows Gatsby never went to Oxford university, contradicting Gatsby's fabricated background story.
The man who left Jay Gatsby $20,000 in his will was named Dan Cody. Gatsby worked for Cody as a young man and inherited a substantial amount of money from him after his death. This inheritance allowed Gatsby to finance his extravagant lifestyle and pursuit of Daisy Buchanan.
In the Great Gatsby, the only aspect of the American dream (which when most people think of means success, money, happiness) is the money part. She doesn't work, so really, does she have success? As for happiness, I don't think she really knows how to have happiness. She's stuck up and snotty. She has this illusion of happiness with Gatsby, but as she never meant to leave Tom for him, was that really happiness? And with Tom, they will never be happy. Fitzgerald wrote "[Daisy and Tom] weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale-and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture…". So in the end, the only part of the American dream Daisy gets...is money.
Gatsby made his money through questionable means as a bootlegger during the Prohibition era, which allowed him to amass wealth relatively quickly. It's suggested in the novel that it took him a few years to accumulate the fortune needed to purchase his mansion in West Egg.
Yes, a couple pages into Chapter 7 (page 167 in my book). For Gatsby, Daisy represents everything he has ever wanted: money and the status that it entails. He has yearned for it all his life but he never achieves it. the distinction between "old" and "new" money is crucial in the novel.
In Chapter 8 of "The Great Gatsby," Gatsby is waiting for Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him and to confess her true feelings for Gatsby. Gatsby believes that once Daisy admits this, she will leave Tom and be with him instead.
Nick Carraway never attends Gatsby's parties because he is an outsider to the extravagant lifestyle and prefers to observe from a distance. He is more reserved and contemplative compared to the partygoers who frequent Gatsby's lavish gatherings.
He was his "personal assistant " , or in other words Gatsby would take care of him when he was drunk .