MONOLOGUE: JORDAN BAKER What? You got something you want to say to me too? Yea‚ well get in line‚ there’s a lot of people trying to get a word in. I mean‚ who do they think they are to judge me? The world made me dishonest not the other way around. Do they really think that I fancy cheating my way through life? I don’t wish to be this way but is there any other way I can survive in this society? I live in the public eye. I have to take more care than the rest of them to protect my image‚
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role of women in society took on new forms and pushed unprecedented boundaries. Women were more independent as well as promiscuous. Jordan Baker’s maleness in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby depicts the changing woman in the 1920’s. Fitzgerald blends the strong individualistic woman of the twenties with her feminine counterpart through his character‚ Jordan Baker. Jordan‚ an unmarried professional golf player‚ is assertively independent and seems rather masculine in contrast to Daisy Buchanan‚ her “girlie
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others maintain a narrow minded perspective. There are many things that differentiate human beings from one other‚ but Jordan Baker stands out the most. She a major character throughout the novel‚ and contributes to the story in the highest degree. She embodies the shallowness and arrogance of people during the 1920’s. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jordan Baker portrays her showy and arrogant attitude through several incidents‚ and gives the reader a visual of the life of people
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The three women in The Great Gatsbyshow incredible significance and striking contrast.The female roles influence the novel through their unique personalities‚ how men acknowledgethem‚ and through their day-to-day lives. The three women‚ Daisy‚ Jordan‚ and Myrtle‚ impactthe novel so greatly that without them‚ it simply would not be the same. Their personalitiesportray individuality‚ the way men treat them is far more different than present-day‚ and theirparticular day-today lives show their motives
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confidence‚ especially from their newfound suffrage. This also brought along criticism towards the new woman of the 1920s. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the female characters Jordan‚ Myrtle‚ and Daisy are seen in a negative way through their actions and color symbolism. In the story‚ Jordan Baker is depicted as having gray eyes. This represents one of her biggest faults: her lack of compassion for others. This depiction is shown in the quote that says‚ “Her gray sun-strained
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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
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The characters in The Great Gatsby are round‚ especially Jordan Baker. Jordan Baker‚ a major influence on the novel was not only well described and complex‚ but also unwavering when it came to what she liked the most: golf‚ she would go to sleep early so that she could properly rest the night before the tournament. “’Ten O’clock‚’ she remarked apparently finding the time on the ceiling. ‘Time for this good girl to go to bed’. ‘Jordan is going to play in the tournament to-morrow‚’ explained Daisy
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The mysterious‚ independent and cynical Jordan Baker‚ known for lying through her teeth. Jordan has no problem lying especially if it gets her out of trouble. She lies about things she doesn’t even need to lie about‚ for example‚ when her and Nick went to a house party‚ “she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down‚ and then lied about it” (Fitzgerald 62). Lying about something as little as leaving a car out in the rain shows in and of itself how dishonest of a person she is. Distinctly
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Jordan Baker can be looked at as a symbol much in relation to what Gatsby is like. She “cheated” to be who she was‚ and so did Gatsby himself. Believe it or not‚ this demonstrates a lot about Nick as well‚ and that may come off to readers as one of her purposes. Beginning early on‚ Nick comes off as a considerably likable character. However‚ if you analyze his desire to befriend Gatsby‚ and to be involved with Jordan Baker‚ who is also dishonest‚ you start getting a sense that his interior character
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represented within the characters Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway. Jordan Baker is a symbol of dishonesty and vice versa so is Nick Carraway but rather for honesty. Nick’s truthfulness is evident‚ as it has been instilled within him since early childhood. Jordan’s untruthful actions appear to be instilled within her from early childhood but as a method to protect herself. In short‚ Carraway and Baker’s perspective on honesty
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