To young gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, that yacht represented all the beauty and glamour in the world. i suppose he smiled at cody—he had probably discovered that people liked him when he smiled. at any rate cody asked him a few questions (one of them elicited the brand new name) and found that he was quick and extravagantly ambitious.

The paragraph belongs to the book "The Great Gatsby".

Explanation:

"The Great Gatsby" is the book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and tells the story of how Gatsby trod a path of illicit trade and managed to get out of poverty and become a great tycoon.

The paragraph shown above reveals the moment when Gatsby, as a teenager, meets Dan Cody, who shows him how profitable working in America was and could lead Gatsby to wealth and success.