Jordan Baker
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Jordan Baker is a cynical, self-centered professional golfer and socialite in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*, known for her modern attitudes, moral ambiguity, and romantic involvement with Nick Carraway.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jordan Baker (close friend, sometimes treated as quasi-sisterly companion) | 1 |
| Jordan Baker – Ruth Hussey | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Roaring Twenties
ⓘ
surface form:
Jazz Age
modern woman ⓘ moral decay ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| basedOn | Edith Cummings ⓘ |
| closeTo | Daisy Buchanan ⓘ |
| createdBy | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| createdInYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasMoralCharacteristic | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
aloof
ⓘ
cool ⓘ cynical ⓘ detached ⓘ dishonest ⓘ self-centered ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipDynamic | ambivalent with Nick Carraway ⓘ |
| involvedIn | golf cheating scandal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
careless driving
ⓘ
independence ⓘ modern attitudes ⓘ |
| language | English (original text) ⓘ |
| literaryEra | Jazz Age literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
foil to Nick Carraway
ⓘ
love interest of Nick Carraway ⓘ representative of flapper era ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
professional golfer
ⓘ
socialite ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
athletic
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emotionally detached ⓘ physically slender ⓘ socially sophisticated ⓘ |
| romanticRelationshipWith | Nick Carraway ⓘ |
| setting |
Long Island
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York
|
| socialCircle |
East Egg
ⓘ
surface form:
East Egg society
West Egg ⓘ
surface form:
West Egg society
|
| symbolizes |
modernity
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moral carelessness ⓘ new woman of the 1920s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jordan Baker – Ruth Hussey
this entity surface form:
Jordan Baker (close friend, sometimes treated as quasi-sisterly companion)