... weekend by getting drunk and overall just live a reckless lifestyle. The way these people live is represented in the novel by Fitzgerald, who emphasizes the life of Nick Carrway, a single stockbroker living in New York, and shows us the world of the rich through his point of view. "Significant ... for how he treats Daisy. Another example of sarcasm is seen with Jordan Baker, Nick's girlfriend. She uses a great amount of sarcasm to get a rise out of people, especially Nick. When Jordan and Nick are having a conversation about driving, Nick is honest about calling Jordan a rotten driver....

• Word Count: 1632
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... a great decline in moral values. As a sign of further decadence, rampant dishonesty is effortlessly shown by Myrtle, Jordan, and Tom. According to Nick Carraway, "[Jordan Baker] was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage (Fitzgerald 63)." Jordan's frequent dishonesty shows that she will lie to protect or assist herself, and that she possesses very little regard ... sole purpose of saving himself and his wife, Tom tells a lie that ultimately gets Gatsby killed. Tom becomes so self-centered and dishonest that he effortlessly compromises the life of another ...

• Word Count: 1491
• Approx Pages: 6

... alone" (Way 33). These comparisons show how Fitzgerald and Gatsby tried to relive the past and trying to obtain the unobtainable. In Fitzgerald's adult life he became broke and owed debts. Gatsby, too was penniless before starting to work for Dan Cody and then Wolfsheim. Fitzgerald's written works became ... annoying habit of always saying "Old Sport" a lot. He was also a bootlegger like Gatsby. Jordan Baker was a great golf champ. Fitzgerald based Baker on the 1923 Women's Golf Champ, Edith Cummings. Herman Rosenthal was the true-life guy, that Wolfsheim mentions, who got murdered outsi...

• Word Count: 1897
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... Gatsby; it was his lifestyle he detested and how people exploited it while generating gossip of his past. The "foul dust in Gatsby's dream" were the shallow people, such as Jordan Baker and Daisy Buchanan, who would eat his food, drink his alcohol and collectively mock him. These people can be linked to a deadly virsus, which feasted upon a vulnerable young man who ... lost the love of his life to man who never loved her. In many ways the reader is instructed to feel sorry for Gatsby in his unsuccessful attempt to reacquaint with Daisy. The way he would ... ...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... ; something like this was to their lives. Furthermore, it is clear whom Fitzgerald refers to, when he describes the rich, due to their names. This can be seen through how Jordan Baker's name refers to two 'twenties car manufacturers, and other references, such as "the Baedeker girls" of Baedeker Travel Guide Fame, or "the Chrysties," presumably of ... " partner, Tom. Roger Lewis writes that this was "poignancy further increased by the futility of his money in achieving this end", and this echoes parts of Fitzgerald's life, as he couldn't originally marry the woman he loved because he...

• Word Count: 1663
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate