In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway shares a very strange relationship with Jordan Baker during the summer of 1922. Nick, the narrator of the novel, begins to develop feelings towards of Jordan, his cousin's longtime friend. The two first meet in East Egg when Nick visits his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan, who Nick was associated with in college. Jordan was sitting on the couch and seemed to ignore Nick's entrance. The relationship between the two begins awkwardly and seems to remain on that path throughout the novel. Jordan is very different from other women of her time. He has different beliefs and values than everyone else. She is depicted as a self-sufficient woman, which is atypical for women in the 1920s. Fitzgerald portrays Jordan as a masculine figure. One of the first things you discover about this woman is that she is a professional golfer. In the 1920s it was quite unusual to find a female golfer. The first time Nick meets Jordan, he describes her as “a slim, small-breasted girl with an upright body....
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