The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One character that really stood out to me in this next section was Jordan Baker. Fitzgerald applies the use of direct characterization to put words to this increasingly important character, "She was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage and, given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty body" (Fitzgerald, 58). After the party, Nick and Jordan are left together, and up until this point she has merely been a body besides Nick, a safety net for Nick in this new environment, but he develops a "tender curiosity" for her and her strangely dishonest ways. I think together they would have a weird dynamic. Nick seems to be such a moralistic person, that even though he doesn't make such personal judgements about people, I would think he would be wise enough to see that a relationship with this kind of a person would be difficult. I just see them as such different individuals, I'm interested to see how this relationship unfolds between the two.
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