Examples Of Jordan Baker In The Great Gatsby

Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a misleading woman. Throughout the book we see Jordan with different actions that makes us see how she can be a two sided women. She seems to be one person at a point in time but then changes at another. Jordan can be said to be a liar and a gossip girl but is also a beautiful woman. Many points come up in the story that give evidence of Jordans lies, gossip and her beauty. The evidence shows more about her actions and personality. Jordan could also be seen as a careless person not caring about many things in her life. We can see Jordan's personality be misleading with what characters say about her and how she acts. Jordan Baker stands out as a liar in the book. There were many instances in the book that shared Mrs. Baker's lies. Nick says “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-...” page 57. Nick shows us how big of a liar Jordan is with this quote. She was trusted with the car by the …show more content…
Nick describes her beauty by telling us her appearance and how he sees her. He gives us details of her appearance throughout the book. One example is when Nick says “I enjoyed looking at her. She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet. Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming, discontented face.” pg. 11. With this passage Nick describes most of Jordan's appearance. With her beauty Jordan also likes to dress well. Nick gives us an example of this “followed by Daisy and Jordan wearing small tight hats of metallic cloth and carrying light capes over their arms.” We can see the importance of them looking nice. It shows how rich they are and how they are a higher class than