What were women attempting to do to Dan Cody? *

The women were trying to separate Dan Cody with his money.

Explanation:

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby tells the story of a man's attempts at regaining the favor of his previous lover. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the plot revolves around the characters of East and West Egg in their zeal to maintain their social class and wealth, which is the most important heme of the story.

Dan Cody was one of the minor characters of the text. In Chapter 6, the narrator mentioned that Dan Cody was "fifty years old then, a product of the Nevada  silver fields, of the Yukon, of every rush for metal since Seventy-five". And it was the moment when Jay Gatsby first encountered him. The narration continues about Cody, mentioning that the "transactions in Montana copper that made  him many times a millionaire found him physically robust  but on the verge of soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this  an infinite number of women tried to separate him from  his money". This shows how Dan Cody was a rich man when Gatsby met him during his younger years.

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it u understand what he thought at the time and let u know more about him then what third person would of known probably. hope this : )