In a relationship, whether romantic or friendly, it takes time to get to know a person for who they really are. Unfortunately, as the knowledge of another person deepens, there are often aspects of themselves that do not seem as enchanting or real as they did previously. The person 's flaws are overlooked or attempted to be ignored, and it is only later than the results of these actions are not positive. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the journey of seeing someone for who they really are is experienced by the narrator, Nick Carraway and his romantic relationship with Jordan Baker. He moves from being playfully attracted to her, to becoming a part in the romantic relationship, to morally repulsing her. Nick and Jordan
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This, as we read throughout the book, is not completely true. Nick does judge people, even if he is not aware of it, and often lumps people into groups or compares people against each other, like when he said Gatsby was, "worth the whole damn bunch put together." (Fitzgerald, 269). He was lumping all of the upper class people Nick knew, mainly Tom, Daisy, and Jordan, and putting them up against the Great Gatsby. This fact is what makes Nick a biased and dishonest narrator and character. Jordan also shows hints of being untruthful in her golf cheating scandal, where she allegedly changed the results in a match. She paid someone off to keep quiet and drop the charges they had against her. Nick and Jordan are definitely not the two most honest people, and when you put two fake people together, the end results are not …show more content…
This is when Nick realizes that she was involved in the golfing scandal, but he pushes that thought aside. He even sees that Jordan tends to avoid clever and shrewd men because she wants to be able to lie, but Nick doesn 't care about this. He says that "Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply" (Fitzgerald, 104) which is not only a sexist comment, but also shows how little Nick cares about what really matters in a stable relationship. He does not truly value honesty, even though he calls himself an honest person. Nick is lying to himself by saying that he and Jordan are a stable couple, mostly because he is lonely and tired of being alone. He sees a big city like New York and all the people in it, and notices how he has not a lot of people to talk to or relate to, so he latches onto Jordan and tries to thrive off her confidence. He even ignores her "wan, scornful mouth" (Fitzgerald, 141) and kisses her, sealing their romantic
This, as we read throughout the book, is not completely true. Nick does judge people, even if he is not aware of it, and often lumps people into groups or compares people against each other, like when he said Gatsby was, "worth the whole damn bunch put together." (Fitzgerald, 269). He was lumping all of the upper class people Nick knew, mainly Tom, Daisy, and Jordan, and putting them up against the Great Gatsby. This fact is what makes Nick a biased and dishonest narrator and character. Jordan also shows hints of being untruthful in her golf cheating scandal, where she allegedly changed the results in a match. She paid someone off to keep quiet and drop the charges they had against her. Nick and Jordan are definitely not the two most honest people, and when you put two fake people together, the end results are not …show more content…
This is when Nick realizes that she was involved in the golfing scandal, but he pushes that thought aside. He even sees that Jordan tends to avoid clever and shrewd men because she wants to be able to lie, but Nick doesn 't care about this. He says that "Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply" (Fitzgerald, 104) which is not only a sexist comment, but also shows how little Nick cares about what really matters in a stable relationship. He does not truly value honesty, even though he calls himself an honest person. Nick is lying to himself by saying that he and Jordan are a stable couple, mostly because he is lonely and tired of being alone. He sees a big city like New York and all the people in it, and notices how he has not a lot of people to talk to or relate to, so he latches onto Jordan and tries to thrive off her confidence. He even ignores her "wan, scornful mouth" (Fitzgerald, 141) and kisses her, sealing their romantic