Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te pakanga, i eke a Gatsby ki te tūranga o te Major i roto i te U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he tohu mō tana whai wāhi ki te
Ko Marne me te Argonne. Whai muri i te pakanga (e ai ki tana korero ki a Nick Carraway i nga tau i muri mai), i noho poto ia ki te United Kingdom, i reira ia i haere ki te Whare Wananga o Trinity, Oxford. Heoi anō, e whakahē ana ia ki te kīia he "tangata o Oxford". "E rima marama noa taku noho", ka whakamārama ia ki a Tom Buchanan. "Koina te take e kore e taea e au te karanga i ahau he tangata Oxford". I a ia i reira, ka whiwhi ia i tētahi reta mai i a Daisy, e kī ana ki a ia kua marenatia ia ki te tangata whai rawa a Tom Buchanan. Kātahi ka whakatau a Gatsby ki te tuku i tōna oranga kia riro ai ia hei tangata whai rawa, whai mana hoki, e whakapono ana ia ka riro i a ia te aroha o Daisy.