• James Gatz was born in 1890 in North Dakota.
• Gatz, at age of 17, attends college at St. Olaf College in Minnesota for two weeks.
• Gatz works as a janitor.
• Gatz works on Lake Superior digging for clams and fishing for salmon.
• Gatz meets Dan Cody and sails with him for five years.
• Gatz changes name to Jay Gatsby
• In October of 1917 Daisy and Gatsby meet at Camp Taylor in Louisville.
Nick’s Timeline
Nick Carraway was born in the summer 1892 in the mid-west.
Nick graduates from Yale in 1915.
In the spring of 1922 Nick moved West Egg, New York to sell bonds.
Nick moves back to the Midwest in the fall of 1922.
Tom and Daisy’s Timeline
Daisy marries Tom Buchanan in June 1918.
Daisy and Tom honeymoon in the South Seas for 3 months
In April 1919 Daisy gives birth to a daughter
Multi-Character Events
Nick and Gatz both fight in World War One.
Nick attends Tom Buchanan’s dinner party where he sees his second cousin Daisy again and meets Jordan Baker.
Nick goes with Tom to New York City to meet his mistress Myrtle Wilson.
Nick attends his first party at Gatsby’s house where he reacquaints himself with Jordan Baker.
Nick goes with Gatsby to New York City for lunch where he meets Meyer Wolfshiem.
Nick invites Daisy and Gatsby over for tea.
Nick, Daisy, and Gatsby go over to Gatsby’s house.
Tom and Daisy attend Gatsby’s party.
Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, Tom, and Daisy all go in to the city where Tom and Gatsby fight about who Daisy loves.
On the way home Daisy is driving Gatsby’s car and hits and kills Myrtle Wilson.
George Wilson kills Gatsby and then himself in revenge for his wife’s death.
Gatsby’s father arrives for his son’s funeral.
Gatsby’s funeral.
