GREAT GATSBY JORDAN CARELESS DRIVER

English Literature English Language. We do not yet know, due to the analeptic structure of the text, that she and Daisy grew up together and that she knows the power of the love between Daisy and Gatsby. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: We were reading Chapter 3 today and an idea grew which is worth considering even if only to reject: You are commenting using your Facebook account. Nick does not read people well — is he to be believed here?

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Notify me of new comments via email. Nick spends his evening with Jordan — they are attracted and she is happy to have his company. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your careleas here Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. If he has no prior knowledge of Nick from her, why would he wish to use her as a go-between?

He is one of very few who do and while Gatsby may be simply honouring social convention, it is very convenient that he nor only invites the single person who can lead Daisy to him, but then manages to bump into him, once Nick has been corralled by Jordan.

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To continue using this website please confirm that you accept our use of Cookies. We do not yet know, due to the analeptic structure of the text, that she and Daisy grew up together and that she knows the power of the love between Daisy and Gatsby.

Characters A careless driver The Great Gatsby: A Level

At this point we need to recall 2 things from chapter 1: Meyer Wolfshiem Themes Progress check [ Add note to page. This website uses Cookies We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.

jorddan Nick does not share with us details of their affair, but it had clearly developed beyond a passing friendship. The criminal underworld Study focus: Whatever relationship has existed between these characters has now come to an end, and Jordan presents it in dramatic terms as a car crash. Surely this is a coincidence too far: We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.

Jordan Baker: careless driver, cheat and … Gatsby’s source?

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: IN Chapter 4 she carelesss the history of the three — and links herself to Gatsby, although she says she did not realise it until Nick mentioned him and daisy gave herself away. Her arrogance is not in grfat from this body language, but what if she is looking for Nick, who makes a bee-line towards her.

Valley of ashes Key quotation: Since Nick has told us that time has elapsed between that party chez Buchanan and the party he attends with Gatsby, I think we should allow the thought that Jordan jordsn let Gatsby know the importance of his neighbour to ruminate for a while. English Literature English Language. But Nick is such an unreliable narrator — might what he sees as astonishment be amusement? If Jordan has not found Nick to be honest or straightforward, can we as readers sustain our trust in all he has told us in the preceding narrative?

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Email required Address never made public. Racist views Key quotation: We were reading Chapter 3 today and an idea grew which is worth considering even if only to reject: The Midwest and the wider world A literary man Progress booster: Anyway, have a think…. This hard, clean, limited person Sport and fair play Key quotation: You are commenting using your Facebook account.

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