SANITARIUM - NICK’S ROOM (PONDERING OUT THE WINDOW)
It wasn’t until the end of that summer, on the last night I saw gatsby, that he told me of the life he had dreamt for himself since he was a boy......
North Dakota Farm
... Gatsby's real name was...James Gatz His parents were dirt-poor farmers from North Dakota...But he never accepted them as his parents at all.
North Dakota Night
In his own imagination, he was the Son of God. Destined for future glory...
Chasing this destiny, a sixteen year old Gatz ran far, far away.
One afternoon, off the coast ofLake Superior, he spotted a yacht in peril...Young Gatsby lets the row boat drift close to a magnificent yacht. Wind is whipping whitecaps on the bay. He rowed out and rescued the vessel, and its captain, alcoholic millionaire Dan Cody...
LAKE SUPERIOR - LATE AFTERNOON
The bleary face of DAN CODY appears at the yacht’s railing. Cody is very drunk. Young Gatsby calls urgently. He collapses, dead drunk. On Young Gatsby's Mind; a plan forming...
Whadzamatta...? Whaderathinkyerdoin..., old sport?
Sir! The shoal here’s real bad,this wind could drag you onto it
I decided right then and there to call myself: Jay Gatsby