Jordan Baker Dishonest Analysis

After the party, Nick and Jordan meet again and he grows to be curious with her. Eventually he comes to realize all of the events in which Jordan Baker has been overly dishonest and careless. He states, “When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick, she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it” (Fitzgerald ). Jordan was careless when borrowing a car and after damaging it she proved herself to be dishonest and careless by lying about leaving the top down while in the rain. After this, Nick has the realization that she had cheated at her first big golf tournament and then bribed the witnesses. Here, she is unreliable because she lies about cheating and uses her money to get out of being caught. Later, she acts carelessly with her driving: “It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man’s coat.” (Fitzgerald ).
In all these instances, Jordan is revealed to be incautious and untrustworthy. She uses her money and status to avoid the consequences of her actions and thus is unable to see the wrong of her way as long as she still remains well-endowed in the aspect of money. Nick states, “It made no difference to me. Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply” (Fitzgerald ). Through Jordan’s unreliability, Nick is shown to find it perfectly nature for women to lie. However, is appears to be opposed to her careless as he criticizes her driving and tell to either be careful or to not drive