what role does dan cody play in gatsby's development?? plz help

the answer is 1 mark for my quiz but my teacher gave me only 1/2 a mark because i wrote "dan cody was the man who gatsby was with after he left home. gatsby worked for dan cody and that is where he made his wealth from."

pLZ explain out exactly the question is asking for becaues i don't quiet understand the question itself..PLZ AND THANK YOU!!

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I haven't read that book in a long time, but I think that when you are asked about someone's role in someone else's development, you need to show how person 1 influenced person 2 to change in some way. It's something to do with their minds and hearts, rather than external facts. Did 1 make 2 become more greedy, for instance? Did he do something awful that soured 2 on life? Did he love to drink, so made 2 his drinking partner, with the result that 2 ended up a hopeless alcoholic? Did his example change 2 into a better person, and if so, why?

So, think about what sort of person Gatsby might have been without Dan Cody in his life and the things Cody may have done that changed Gatsby's actions, purpose in life, view of life, etc. I recall that Gatsby ended up a suicide, didn't he? Did Cody have anything to do with that, if only to set Gatsby on the path that led him to giving up on life?
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