A day of life as an ole idea

Today I was researching ideas for this paper and accidentally stubbled upon a list of books with colleges  their major characters have either mentioned or attended. Jay Gasby in Fitzgerald's masterpiece novel the great Gasby stayed briefly at St. Olaf and then dropped out. It sparks my interest about creating Jay Gasby, or James Gatz ( I have not yet decided which name) as my character. He is a English major, bright and poetic, however is kicked out of school because of plagiarism. The date is set on March 10th, 1928, when the economy is suffering. This day could also include a visit from Fitzgerald as a guest speaker/writer and Gasby tries to impress him with an essay he plagiarizes but has no conscious realization of his dishonesty.