Chapter+Four+-+The+Great+Gatsby

__Chapter Four__
However, after Gatsby tells Nick some of his personal history, Nick “knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying.” While he had previously mistrusted Jordan, it can be seen here that Nick understands her point of view and has begun to trust the words she says. Later, when it is proven that Gatsby was telling the truth and Jordan’s beliefs were not in fact true, Nick simply dismisses it: “then it was all true,” he accepts. This shows how Nick may possibly later be manipulated by Jordan as he trusts her when she rightfully cannot be trusted. However, it is made apparent that Gatsby trusts her, because he has told her some kind of secret. Nick states that he “hadn’t the faintest idea what ‘this matter’ was,” proving that it is indeed a secret, and Gatsby iterates his trust in Jordan with the words “Miss Baker has kindly consented to speak with you.” The term ‘kindly consented’ demonstrates how he has faith she has kept the secret until now. When Jordan tells Nick the story Gatsby entrusted her with, much is revealed about her character. We are told that she was “sitting up very straight on a straight chair,” which shows how serious she considered this matter to be, and how she holds her knowledge of the secret in high regard. This reveals that she has at least some desire to help Gatsby, for whatever reason. She then presents herself as materialistic: “I had on shoes from England with rubber nobs on the soles that bit into the soft ground,” she says. The words ‘from England’ demonstrate her prestige and the rubber symbolises her wealth. We then learn that Jordan often aspired to be like other, older girls: “I was flattered that she [Daisy] wanted to speak to me, because of all the older girls I admired her the most.” This suggests that perhaps she has never really been comfortable in her own skin, for she has wanted to be like someone else rather than simply herself. It’s also made apparent that Jordan wishes a romance for herself of some kind. On the memory of Gatsby and Daisy in the car, she states that “because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since.” The fact that she remembered this incident because it was romantic shows that romance is somewhat important to her. She desires a romance like Gatsby and Daisy’s. It is this desire that she remembers – to be happy and in love as they were. We also see that Jordan, much like Nick, is observant and perceptive. She describes Daisy’s life after Gatsby’s deployment in great detail, even though admittedly “I didn’t see Daisy very often.” This suggests that she pays great attention to detail. She is perceptive of emotions also, stating that Gatsby “half expected her to wander into one of his parties,” though his is merely her opinion. This similarity between her character and Nick’s suggests that perhaps they will later be linked romantically. Jordan is also practical. Upon her memory of Daisy’s drunkenness before her wedding, her actions seem very logical and practical. She “gave her spirits of ammonia and put ice on her forehead and hooked her back into her dress.” This shows that she is level-headed and can remain collected in challenging situations. Finally, Jordan is presented as having emotions underneath her hard, cold exterior. Nick states that when he put his arm around her, “her wan, scornful mouth smiled.” While the negative diction choices of ‘wan’ and ‘scornful’ suggest she is exactly that – negative – the term ‘smiled’ juxtaposes this and suggests that Jordan is capable of love after all. || __Boundless hope for the future:__ __Class__: __Facades:__
 * **Plot events** ||  ||
 * **Setting** ||  ||
 * **Atmosphere** ||  ||
 * **Nick** ||  ||
 * **Gatsby** ||  ||
 * **Daisy** ||  ||
 * **Tom** ||  ||
 * **Jordan** || Prior to chapter four, Jordan Baker is presented by Nick as untrustworthy and dishonest. However, the first mention of her in this chapter regards her in the opposite manner. Gatsby states that Jordan would “never do anything that wasn’t all right,” which insinuates that she would not lie. This contradicts Nick’s opinions of her.
 * **Myrtle** ||  ||
 * **George** ||  ||
 * **Relationships** ||  ||
 * **Conflict** ||  ||
 * **Diction** ||  ||
 * **Imagery** ||  ||
 * **Symbolism** ||  ||
 * **Themes** || __The bleak portrayal of the roaring twenties__:
 * The roaring 20's are filled with great optimism but Fitzgerald portrays a bleaker side of the revelry by focusing on its indulgence, hypocrisy, shallowness, recklessness and its and its risk - even fatal - consequences.
 * How their guests did not even know their host and just using Gatsby for his hospitality. This is clearly showing the bleak side to the 20's, and the shallowness of the people who attended Gatsby's parties.
 * Gatsby acts all 'high and mighty' when he gets stopped by the police and almost feels heroic as he can get away with crimes.
 * From the roaring 20's, has made people's minds corrupt by focusing their minds on this American dream. Daisy chose the security of wealth over love, and so Gatsby made himself wealthy, living the American dream, in order to get her back.
 * How Gatsby feels the way to get Daisy back is to become rich and wealthy, follow the American dream. Always hoping for Daisy's love.
 * When Nick was writing the list of guests who attended Gatsby's parties it was written with East Egg, and West Egg separately. THis idea that they cannot be listed together shows the clear divide betweens the 'old money' and the 'new money'. also the fact the East Egg is written first, shows how they are seemed to be more important that people from West Egg.
 * When Tom and Gatsby are talking you can see the conflict between them in particular, but also as them as representatives of the different Eggs. You see the conflict between the 'old money' (West Egg - Tom) and the 'new money' (East Egg - Gatsby) in general.
 * The classes 'new money' and 'old money' are eveident throughout the whole novel and their ongoing conflicts throughout the book.
 * Gatsby puts on a facade to get his wealth, and to be a part of the rich and wealthy life. He creates a false identity and leaves his past. He inevitably puts on this facade in order to get Daisy back. It is almost sad, and the mansion is a symbol of his attempt of fighting to get Daisy with the use of wealth. A reason why his parties tend to have a subtle undertone which is almost saddened in the fact this is not the real Gatsby.
 * With his new wealth he has entirely recreated a new identity and life after going to New York and becoming rich. To get his wealth he had to give up his past. ||
 * **Satirical targets** ||  ||