The Great Gatsby Dishonest Quotes

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jordan Baker was portrayed as being reckless and dishonest, having an arrogant attitude, but also having the characteristics of modern day women. The American Dream for women was shown through Jordan Baker’s character. Jordan Baker is depicted to have an arrogant attitude. This is first noticed when she first starts a conversation with Nick. “You live in West Egg, she remarked contemptuously.” She is looking down on Nick for being “new money.” In the same day, she makes a remark that implies she is too good to date Nick. After Daisy implied that Jordan and Nick get together, Jordan makes the remark, “I haven't heard a word.” Jordan lives in East Egg so she thinks of herself as having more grace and more dignity than those who live in West Egg. She also believes she is superior to them. Jordan is often lazy, dishonest and blunt. Tom Buchanan made a remark asking how she got anything done. There was a rumor going around that Miss Baker moved her golf ball during the tournament so she’d win. She would do almost anything to win, or at least get her way. Nick Carraway, who liked her, even said she was “incurably dishonest.” Jordan carelessly stated that “it takes two to make an accident.” She hoped that she never met someone as careless as herself. …show more content…
Jordan was a primary example of modern-day women, by being self-sufficient as well as very independent. Jordan Baker helped prove that women weren't feeble creatures who needed a man to support them, wrong. Jordan is a self-made woman. Her very masculine name provides she is definitely independent. She is described as “hard” and “small-breasted.” She is also described as a “young cadet.” Indicating further, that she is self-sufficient. She is independent because she is a golfer. Not many women back then were active in sports. Jordan Baker truly started up the American Dream for