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She is also there, though, to
Throughout The Great Gatsby, the main three female characters are presented to be Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson; although these women have different qualities and in some ways different lives, they could be seen to all conform to the patriarchal norms of society at the time with the men with which they interact and fall in love, or lust, in one way or another, for each different part of society they live in. In the novel there are, however, exceptions to this.…
Jordan is used to represent change and the new and independent ‘modern woman’ of the time. Although she adopts the common flapper physique of American women in the 20s, “slender, small breasted girl” she is somewhat different to the other women in the book. While Daisy personifies the superficial and materialistic woman of the time and Myrtle portrays a working class woman seeking a higher position in society, Jordan depicts a more rebellious modern woman.…
Gatsby exploits Nick and Jordan’s relationships with Daisy, befriending them and offering Nick job opportunities in the hopes of creating a bridge between himself and…
It is the widespread smear of blue, the vibrant sprouts of green and the sight of all things on earth.Colors are made up of everything and although what the human eyes claims to see is not certain that every organism sees has played with our imagination through childhood. Each of the infinite colors has it’s own value and personal definition to everyone. It engages the eyes with the mind into imagination and in some ways are deceptive. For example red, was feared in America during 1920’s because it was associated with communism and uncertainty. Red is usually associated in the cinema as the evil force. However, it is also a symbol for good luck in China and India. Colors have their own symbolic definition that are associated with. In a similar…
Jordan baker instantly seemed like a cynical dishonest person when Nick laid eyes on her. She…
In the book it seemed very much so that Jordan Baker and Nick were a thing, after their tea date it describes Nick and Jordan having a moment where they kiss. The fact that nick doesn’t get home until two in the morning it seems that it worked out pretty good for him. In the film you can see that there may be some feelings between the two but never shows the interaction of nick drawing her closer and then eventually as he describes “this time I drew here even closer this time to my face”. Although in the movie he still doesn’t get home until very late at night. They could have left this part out because of time restrictions or because the director could have felt it wasn’t an important part that he had to show…
Fitzgerald shows the development between Nick and Jordan Baker’s relationship in the third section of this chapter, as she takes control to narrate the history of Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship to Nick. Jordan illustrates Gatsby to be a hopeless romantic who worships Daisy. His infatuation and love for Daisy later leads on to him taking the…
When Nick was in the car with Jordan, she was driving so recklessly she side-swiped the button of a man's coat. Nick brought this to her attention when he said "You're a rotten driver." Jordan made the absurd remark of saying she was careful, which was clearly not true. When Nick said "Suppose you meet someone as careless as yourself?", she made it known that she hates careless people, and hope she never meets one. This was very contradictory because she is not careful, and just wants everyone else to be because she can't have the burden of taking responsibility for her actions. Jordan is the most shallow cahracter in the book, and according to Nick "incurably dishonest".…
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 ).…
The 1920’s was a time of great growth for women in America. Women began to have short haircuts, wear shorter dresses, and smoke cigarettes. These were practically unheard of in the years before for women. They were liberated and installed with a sense of 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.…
Some readers can be hugely irritated by Nick as a narrator because he can be seen as lacking insight and very unperceptive ultimately this makes the reader feel wary about trusting Nick. He cannot give an accurate account of what has happened between Gatsby and Daisy before he met them. To make up for his lack of information, he turns to other sources such as Jordan Backer and Gatsby himself. At various points in the novel, Nick’s conversations with other characters serve to inform the reader about events that took place before Nick’s involvement in the story. In chapter IV, Nick listens to Jordan Baker describe the history of the romance between Gatsby and Daisy. However he uses direct speech and para-phrases what she has said so how do we know what we hear is accurate.…
The 1920’s are known as the Roaring Twenties where there was economical prosperity and moral decline. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby displays many symbols throughout the text of this moral decline, one being honesty versus dishonesty, these symbols are 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…
How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 5?During chapter 5 Gatsby is reunited with Daisy and it becomes clear to the reader that Gatsby's emotional frame is out of sync with the passage of time as the novel explores the coming of love of the past into the present. The chapter starts with the return of Nick from his date with Jordan whose relationship seems very impersonal and surface deep compared and contrasted to the passionate and fulfilling relationship of that of Gatsby and Daisy that is addressed and unpicked during chapter 5. Nick describes Jordan to have a ‘disembodied face’ and a ‘wan, scornful mouth’ which give her a ghost like quality suggesting a transparent and empty liaison.…
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, ‘over at Westchester’” (Fitzgerald 18) . However, the fact that she was determined in a world full of unfriendliness towards female athletes did not mean that she had interest in living a safe life. “’You’re a rotten driver’, I protested ‘Either you…
The quote, along with the image, show that people really only know Gatsby for his money because of his car, house, and the parties. Anything that is said to be true about him until the end of the book were just rumors, such as that he once killed a man or that he participated in illegal activity with Wolfshiem.…