Jordan Baker

The party s coming to a close and Nick is one of the last to leave: "and suddenly there seemed to be a pleasant significance in having been among the last to go, as if he had desired it all the time" (Fitzgerald, 53).  As the plot and the characters continue to develop, Gatsby is still portrayed as being above everyone else, but not in an arrogant way.  Gatsby continues to appear to me almost like a god, patiently observing and occasionally controlling the events around him.  I wish to learn more about Gatsby, and I believe the author's style of writing and development of plot will slowly reveal more and more about the mysterious Gatsby.

At the end of the chapter the author uses some direct characterization to allow the reader to get to know Jordan Baker better: "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).  Nick seems not to care about her dishonesty, but I'm not sure how to feel about it as of yet.  I am sort of a hopeless romantic though, and after the tragic relationship of Lily and Selden, I'm really hoping that Jordan and Nick get together.  At first he says, "I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity" (Fitzgerald, 57).  That's a good start, but I was happier when he later said, "...for a moment I thought I loved her" (Fitzgerald, 58).  As I learn more about Jordan, I continue to hope that Nick's feelings for her develop, and she shows some feelings for him as well.

Jordan and Nick: one needs to break down the wall