Character Analysis Jordan Baker

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Jordan Baker, is seen as independent, immoral, and dishonest through her actions, behavior, attitude and lies. The portrayal of independency on Jordan Baker’s was depicted in a negative light. Her independent ways was shown as cynical, although she is calm, collected, frivolous and a professional golf player she refuses to allow patriarchal society rule her and instead uses it to her absolute advantage, this is evident through the way she talks about men, “Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men, and now I saw that this was because she felt safer on a plane where any divergence from a code would be thought impossible.” (Fitzgerald 158). This goes to show that ultimately Jordan would choose men who were not assertive and men who she could be dominant towards, she maintains little …show more content…

“ (Fitzgerald). So therefore readers can conclude that women are seen in a negative way for being independent. Secondly, Baker is portrayed as an immoral young women this could be seen through the way she talks down on people, “you live in West Egg” she remarked contemptuously. (11) Jordan is looking down on Nick because he comes from new money unlike her. Thirdly, the portrayal Jordan’s dishonesty is simply unflattering, and everyone sees it, she is cynical, and can not be trusted, “The bored haughty face that [Jordan] turned to the world concealed something...and one day I found what it was...she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down and then lied about it...At her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspapers -- a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round...The incident and the name had remained together in my

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