shipping off Oliver Twist, in some small trading vessel bound to a good unhealthy port.
<span>....probability being, that the skipper would flog him to death, in a playful mood, some day after dinner, or would knock his brains out with an iron bar; both pastimes being, as is pretty generally known, very favourite and common recreations among gentleman of that class.</span>
Gatsby is desperately searching for someone who knows Daisy. When he finds out from Jordan Baker that Nick Carraway is Daisy cousin, Gatsby latches on to him in an effort to get Daisy back. Everything he does is for Daisy.
