Also at the Buchanans' home is Jordan Baker, a professional golfer and close friend of Daisy. ... Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker attend a party at Gatsby's mansion. ... He tells Nick that Jordan Baker soon will reveal to Nick the remarkable news that Gatsby had told her. ... Later, Jordan Baker tells Nick the story of Gatsby, recounting that he had fallen in love with Daisy Buchanan before the war and implying that he still is in love with her. ... Thoroughly disgusted with life in New York, Nick decides to return to the mid-west. ...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The main characters of this novel are Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker. ... He lives an extravagant life but he is an unhappy person betrayed by the love of his life, Daisy. ... We are also introduced to Jordan Baker at that time. ... Soon after this, Nicks breaks up with Jordan. ... I had barely lied to anyone my whole life. ...

• Word Count: 1547
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby perfectly illuminates the American life of the Jazz Age. ... The Great Gatsby delineates the diverse elements of high society during the Jazz Age through the following representative characters: Jay Gatsby as the nouveau riche, Tom Buchanan as the old money, and Jordan Baker as the reckless, detached modern woman. ... Many of the characters in his novels are based on people from his life. ... Jordan Baker, Daisy's childhood friend and Nick's short-term love interest, is portrayed as being reckless and dishonest, having the...

• Word Count: 1388
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Jordan Baker's character is shaped not so much around money, but the issue of social standing. ... It would be fair to say that money is important to Jordan, since her life revolves in circles where one's social standing is determined by his wealth. ... Throughout the novel Fitzgerald shows the reader that Jordan Baker succeeded at that. ... To her any other kind of life would be unimaginable. ... People have lost sight of what is truly important in life. ...

• Word Count: 1741
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I value that because I am living my life for him so I try to be as close with ihm as possible. ... I don't think she knows just exactly what it is she wants in life. ... Another scene is when Nick walks across the lawn towards his house away from a chaotic scene where a car with one wheel ripped off has landed in a ditch in front of Gatsby's thinking of Jordan Baker. ... Then Jordan explains to Nick how Gatsby and Daisy together. ... Perceptions: the characters that thought that being an oxford man is important were; Nick, Tom Buchanan, daisy Buchanan and , Jordan Baker. ...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Jordan Baker said, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."... Jordan said, "I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night, but she never did."... Jordan said, "he says he's read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name."... Jordan says, "I immediately suggested a luncheon in New York - and I thought he'd go mad: """I don't want to do anything out of the way!"" ... Gatsby lost control of his life by letting his dream become his life. ...

• Word Count: 1290
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Jordan Baker recounts how one morning in 1917 she met Daisy and an unknown admirer, a military officer, who watched Daisy "in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at" (75). ... However, Tom expresses in front of Gatsby, Jordan, Nick and Daisy: " 'And what's more, I love Daisy too. ... Although Daisy is infatuated with him and the life they could have, she does not cry because she is reunited with him, but because of the satisfaction his materialistic wealth brings her. In regards to Tom, Daisy is fully aware of her husband's affairs, as her and Jordan notice the ...

• Word Count: 1676
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald utilizes many universal themes to make a classic novel, explaining the life in 1920's. ... Another example of sarcasm is seen with Jordan Baker, Nick's girlfriend. ... When Jordan and Nick are having a conversation about driving, Nick is honest about calling Jordan a rotten driver. ... " Jordan replies "I am careful' 'No you're not' 'Well, other people are,' she said lightly. ... " (58) Jordan always enjoys using sarcasm with Nick to make him angry and she usually succeeds. ...

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

The characters from East Egg acquire wealth from previous years but have no fulfillment in life. ... A prime character that perfectly describes East Egg is Jordan Baker. ... He helps his girlfriend Jordan Baker with her problems revolving around cheating. ... Myrtle Wilson tries to desperately improve her life and get out of the ashes. ... But to reach a higher place in life some must fall and experience the low. ...

• Word Count: 1589
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He found a job in the advertisement business; however he was unsuccessful ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 1). ... In 1924, seeking peace from his wild life at home, F. ... Ginevera's father made a comment to Fitzgerald that would stick in his head for the rest of his life. ... Jordan Baker is the influence of Edith Cummings, one of Ginevra King's friends throughout her school years while going out with Fitzgerald (H, Nicole 1). Like Jordan, Edith was a professional golfer, winning the 1923 USGA Woman's Championship ("The official site of the 100th Woman's Armature Champion...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald understood hard work, to get ahead in life, and money to live a happy joyful life "wealth, he saw, was important too because wealth alone makes it possible for a man actually to live the life the imagination conceives" (Mizener 77). ... In Fitzgerald's adult life he became broke and owed debts. ... Many if not all characters were formed from true-life people. ... Jordan Baker was a great golf champ. Fitzgerald based Baker on the 1923 Women's Golf Champ, Edith Cummings. ...

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

Gatsby's life soon becomes his dream as he lives everyday trying to win back Daisy's love. ... During the party that Nick was invited to, Nick Carraway had the chance to meet with Gatsby while he was with Jordan Baker. ... Jay Gatsby's life, wealth, and enthusiasm may have seemed positive but looking deeper into his life was a darker and more insecure man than what his appearance spoke. ... His corruption ultimately costed him his life. ... This symbolizes how much Gatsby wanted to be and his dreams in life, a high social status. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald modeled Nick after his own life and personality. ... The simple pleasures of life satisfy and excite Carraway and Fitzgerald also. ... Tom claims to love Daisy yet he is an adulterer and he makes her life miserable. Jordan Baker, the golf professional, lies, steals, and cheats her way through life without actually knowing anyone. ... Take chances in life and in love and you will be rewarded. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School