JORDAN

• 'she was extended full length at her end of the divan, completely motionless, and with her chin raised a little, as if she was balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall' pg14


  Imagery of being mannequin like - sense of character of wealth and elegance, a performance and picture for the elite to boost their image - corruption of wealth.

  Euphemism for pride + elegance 'balancing something'
• 'the bored haughty face she turned to the world concealed something' 


  deceit and lies.
• 'she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it.'
• 'dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.' pg58 


  gender, deceit and lies.

  Using dishonesty to navigate the corrupt world.
• 'were all white here' murmured Jordan' pg127


  seamless friendship cracking: she cannot bite her tongue

  new forward thinking attitude? acknowledging her white supremacy
• 'she passes so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat' pg59


  Jordan represents the new, free, woman of the 1920s: smoking, driving, casual attitudes towards sex

  foreshadowing, shows the corruption of elite destroying wc

  hard-headed
• 'there was jordan beside me, who unlike daisy was too wise ever to carry well-forgotten dreams from age to age.' chapter3


  J lives in reality, not an illusion

  Characterized by her wisdom and practicality: learnt in the working world of men

  Discards dreams: nuanced female representation from Fitzgerald
• 'like silver idols weighing down their white dresses against the singing breeze' pg110


  the restless wealth portraying an image of glamour and an opulent lifestyle.

  heaviness / burden = the weight of their secrets
• 'you said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? well i met another bad driver, didn't i?... i thought you were an honest straightforward person. i thought it was your secret pride.' pg168


  double standard - calling out

  challenging and questioning nicks integraty

  'bad driver' = euphemism for dishonesty, illusions and recklessness.