... similarities may not be apparent at first, after closely examining the works of fiction they become more evident. Steinbeck's character, Fauna, and Fitzgerald's character, Jordan Baker, demonstrate this hidden similarity. At first, these characters seem to be complete opposites. One element that is different between the two characters is the lady ... feelings of love for Doc and she tells Doc everything. Another difference between these characters is their relationship with the main females in the novel. Jordan Baker and Daisy are life-long friends. Fitzgerald tells of experiences during...

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... similarities may not be apparent at first, after closely examining the works of fiction they become more evident. Steinbeck's character, Fauna, and Fitzgerald's character, Jordan Baker, demonstrate this hidden similarity. At first, these characters seem to be complete opposites. One element that is different between the two characters is the lady ... feelings of love for Doc and she tells Doc everything. Another difference between these characters is their relationship with the main females in the novel. Jordan Baker and Daisy are life-long friends. Fitzgerald tells of experiences during...

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... different roles of women presented in this novel. Daisy plays the role of an upper class woman which every woman in the 1920's wanted to be, Jordan is a high-middle class woman who analyzed the role of a flapper girl and dishonesty, and Myrtle represents the low class and plays the role of ... Daisy is everything that Gatsby lives for and he has addresses his whole life to her. She is responsible for Gatsby's fate when George Wilson murders him. Furthermore, Jordan is a high-middle class woman who analyzes the role of a flapper girl and dishonesty. A flapper girl was the "new woman" of ...

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... the movie, Nick visits Tom and Daisy periodically, and on one of those visits is introduced to Jordan Baker, a woman that he begins a romantic relationship with. The first revelation of the movie comes when Jordan informs Nick that Tom is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle (and her ... the summer progress, Nick finally accepts an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. While there he bumps into Jordan Baker, and they meet Gatsby for the first time. After talking privately with Gatsby, Jordan tells Nick that Gatsby and Daisy dated in Louisville in 1917 and that he i...

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... different social positions, and all three have different attitudes towards life and their position in society. Daisy, who is rich and dependent on men; Jordan, a feminist, and represents the new movements and attitudes of women of the Jazz Age, and Myrtle, who represents the lower class of society. ... of herself, as even though she is a manipulator, she also is being manipulated, by both, her own believes and values and by societies attitudes. Jordan is the other female character represented by Fitzgerald in the book. She is cynical, boyish, and self-centered. She is beautiful but also ...

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... her husband Tom Buchannan, because of the security he can offer her. Myrtle Wilson cheated on her husband and in the meantime did not treat him well. Jordan Baker is a woman who lies and is also very independent in life and would prefer not to have a man in her life. Women often have ... abuses the men in her life in an emotional way, and needs security more than love, Myrtle mistreats her husband, and is motivated by money, and Jordan lies to men, and needs acknowledgement for her golfing. Women often treat the men in their lives in many different ways. The women in the novel all ... ...

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... in particular the love of his former partner, Daisy Buchanan. As the story unfolds, it becomes easily apparent that Fitzgerald portrays women in a negative fashion. In particular, Fitzgerald uses Daisy, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson to illustrate the disapproving qualities of carelessness, selfishness, dishonesty and hypocrisy. Over the years, Gatsby imagines Daisy as the perfect girl that he once knew before ... feelings. Even Osborn 2 after his death, "Daisy hadn't sent a message or a flower" (183). Fitzgerald presents Daisy as a girl who has everything, yet still cannot see beyond w...

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... Daisy. They still love each other after five years of separation. In the first stage of the relationship, Gatsby and Daisy are madly in love with each other. Jordan Baker, a good friend of Daisy's, recalls the day in which she first saw the two together: "When I came opposite her house that morning her white ... who was going overseas," once again, the soldier being Gatsby. After Gatsby leaves, time passes and things change. Daisy becomes engaged to a rich man named Tom Buchanan. Jordan Baker, still recalling these events was a bridesmaid, "I came into her room half an hour before the br...

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... from his true quest. He begins to substitute his ideal of her for his ideal morality. This distraction shows when Nick proceeds to describe Jordan as a grail-like figure; "Daisy and Jordan sat by the couch, like silver idols." (p.122). In a similar way to Arthur's being led astray by Guinivere from his quest for ... the Grail, Nick begins to waver on his quest. But Nick is only momentarily distracted from his journey, because he realizes dating Jordan is not part of succeeding at his overall goal. Nick is quick to return to his original quest, as did Arthur. Moreso, Nick shows his ... a...

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... from his true quest. He begins to substitute his ideal of her for his ideal morality. This distraction shows when Nick proceeds to describe Jordan as a grail-like figure; "Daisy and Jordan sat by the couch, like silver idols." (p.122). In a similar way to Arthur's being led astray by Guinivere from his quest for ... the Grail, Nick begins to waver on his quest. But Nick is only momentarily distracted from his journey, because he realizes dating Jordan is not part of succeeding at his overall goal. Nick is quick to return to his original quest, as did Arthur. Moreso, Nick shows his ... a...

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... . Nick shows us his romantic side as well. He has come into a relationship with a rebellious young girl by the name of Jordan. Nick is thirty years old and in his old age he wants to settle down with someone. Jordan is a good friend of Daisy's and has some of the same qualities as her as we find out in the end. " Her ... warm face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder- (Fitzgerald 143). Nick is talking of his love Jordan. Even though there is a hint of love in the relationship between the two, it is not enough for Jordan. She wants the better things in life just like her friend Daisy. M...

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... parties. Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom Buchanan, live in East Egg Long Island. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to a friend of theirs named Jordan Baker. Tom and Daisy hint to Nick that they want him to start a relationship with her, which he does. Later on, Tom travels to the valley of ashes ... did not have fun. As the summer progresses Nick finally get an invitation to one of Gatsby's legendary parties. There he sees Jordan and they meet Jay Gatsby. He is a handsome man with an English accent and calls everyone old sport. Gatsby asks top speak with ... that her alle...

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... careless society. His spectacles represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland. As seen in the attire of both Daisy and Jordan, white is used to improve their pure appearances. When Nick first sees Daisy and Jordan, they are both dressed in white, trying to appear pure. As Nick Learns more about Daisy and ... Jordan, their dresses turn yellow and gold, symbolizing their impurity and tasteless character. Another important aspect of the novel is the portrayal of women. Women in ... getting jobs, and wearing unrefined and risqué clothing, women went a...

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... with her (19). He finally ends the relationship over how her lip gets sweaty when playing tennis, which only adds to his list of dislikes as a character. Jordan comes along and he finds himself very attracted to her but in the end he thinks she is too close to Daisy and Tom so he breaks that off too ... ;a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning briefcase of enthusiasm, thinning hair" (Fitzgerald 135) Nick learns about the Gatsby/Daisy story from Jordan who asks him to arrange a meeting and he agrees to it. This is where the events leading up to Gatsby's de...

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... opinion that women generally have low moral qualities, and demonstrates this by the actions and speech illustrated by the three female characters: Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson. In the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan was the typical depiction of the rich, young, married woman ... physical things, and although she was of lower class herself, refused to show respect to anybody other than those of higher standing. Finally, Jordan Baker was a representation of the newer women of the 1920's. She showed a more independent approach to how she lived, but she was .....

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... of the American Dream were for the good, people became so focused on pursuing wealth, that many became corrupted. In the novel, Tom, Daisy and Jordan were chief examples of the corruption of the American Dream. Jordan cheated in her golf, to obtain wealth and popularity, Tom and Daisy became morally irresponsible and were unfaithful to one another, and even Gatsby's business ... was an illustration of their careless and indulgent lives; for example, Nick writes " they conducted themselves according to the rules of behaviour associated with an amusement park" (pg 43). Also Jordan's carel...

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... notion of the American Dream is. One of the motifs used was dishonesty, more specifically, dishonesty of the rich. In Chapter 3, Jordan mentions that she cheated in a golf tournament to win and Nick thinks about what kind of person she is: "Jordan Baker avoided instinctively clever, shrewd men, and I now saw this because she felt safer on a plane where any divergence from ... a code would be thought impossible. She was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage " (pg. 57-58). This quote shows that Jordan lies about important things to be able to stay bathing ...

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... man who lives in West Egg who is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle, the wife of George Wilson, a Gas Station owner. On this night Nick is introduced to Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy's and an acquaintance of Gatsby Nick's neighbor in West Egg, who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick is invited to ... one of these parties and he and Jay soon become good friends. Both have things in common, one being they both know Daisy Buchanan. It is discovered through Daisy's friend Jordan that Jay and Daisy were once lovers, and that Jay has...

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... getting an education at Yale, Nick begins work as a bond salesman. Settled in West Egg, he renews his relationship with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. From Daisy's friend Jordan Baker, Nick learns that Tom is unfaithful and Daisy is aware of his habits. Tom insists that Nick meet his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick joins Tom and Myrtle at their ... central passion, to reclaim Daisy who he won and then lost while he was a board during the war. To reach his goal he obtains the help of both Nick and Jordan who both know Daisy. A meeting is arranged and soon Daisy is again Gatsby's mis...

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... Nick's house is the enormous home of Mr. Gatsby. One evening, Nick has dinner with his distant cousin Daisy Buchanan. There he meets her husband Tom and their lady friend Jordan Baker. During the visit, Nick learns that Tom has a mistress named Myrtle Wilson, who owns a gas station with her husband. Later that week, Nick is invited to one of Gatsby ... 's famous parties where he than encounters Jordan Baker once again. They sit at a table together and find their tablemate to be Mr. Gatsby himself. Nick later learns that Gatsby and his cousin Daisy were once in love ... or someone she kn...

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... 's narrator. When describing Tom Buchanan's character he is always shown trying to control someone, whether it be Gatsby or Daisy. In contrast the women in the novel, Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker, are portrayed as angelic. Yet both the men and the women in the novel seem to be very elitist. Tom asserts his power by controlling people. He shows he ... substance to make it easier for the reader to understand how Nick was seeing her. Not to mention qualities that are often associated with angels, glowing and pleasant. "Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weigh...

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... apparent or say. We can't be sure what's the truth, so we must be careful what we believe in. Well, we get to know the age of Daisy (23) and Jordan (21), and we are told that Tom has cheated on his wife even before the affair with Myrtle. There's an interesting contrast between the relation Gatsby-Daisy, which is very ... romantic and consists in idealistic devotion, the idea of Daisy rules his whole life although he never sees her. On the contrary, the relation Nick-Jordan, which is very realistic, wordly, also because Jordan's such a sceptical girl. It's all about the physical attract...

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... of the wealthy upper-class lifestyle which Gatsby so desperately yearns for, which would explain his want for her. We also see the character of Jordan Baker pursuing her goals using dirty methods in the novel; Jordan cheats in golf tournaments to win and fulfil her goal. This theme also raises some philosophical and moral questions such as whether or not it ... ...

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... them and strived live their lives according to their personal American Dream. These changes in women's roles are present in Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. The two main women characters, Daisy and Jordan, both portray different and important characteristics of the normal women growing up in the 1920's. Therefore I believe Fitzgerald aims to portray the changing women roles that were occurring at that ... shows how open Daisy is about her affair with Gatsby. Daisy makes an effort to hide her love for Gatsby from Tom, however she openly kisses him in front of Jordan. The fact that Daisy kisses...

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... the net"(8). Here, Daisy herself is the American dream, since her voice causes excitement within men in the same manner in which the American Dream provokes excitement. Also, when Jordan elaborates that Daisy never desired to attain love ", yet there's something in that voice of hers"(77), she demonstrates how elusive Daisy is and how deceiving her voice ... is, since when Jordan's analyzing the situation, she suddenly is distracted by Daisy's voice. This excitement and distraction, which is what Daisy provokes on Gatsby, is the naiveté caused by the illusion of ... ...

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