Direct relations to the novel

Gatsby's opportunity to change his life and change his new American dream comes with the arrival of a man named Dan Cody. Nick says Cody is "the pioneer debauchee who during one phase of American life brought back to the eastern sea board the savage violence of the frontier brothel and saloon.

The name Cody derives from the legendary characters of the American west Bill Cody - Buffalo Bill was one of the men responsible for turning the west into a mythical story for easterners to enjoy.