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The Great Gatsby. The Character : Jordan. Jordan Baker. Grey sun-strained eyes
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The Great Gatsby The Character: Jordan
Jordan Baker • Grey sun-strainedeyes (Her grey-strainedeyeslooked back at mewithpolitereciprocalcuriosity out of a wan, charming, discontentedface. It occured to menowthat I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewherebefore. She is a known person) • Cold and motionless (Shewasextendedfulllength at her of the divan, completelymotionless, and with her chinraised a little, as ifshewerebalancingsomethingon it whichwayquitelikely to fall.)
Jordan Baker • Small-breastedcuriouswoman. (Shewas a slender, small-breastedgirl, with an erectcarriage, whichsheaccentuated by throwing her bodybackward at the shoulderslike a youngcadet. • She is participating in a tournament the nextday, so shesaysnothanks to a cocktail. It showesthatshe is seriouswith her sport. • There has beensomeunpleasantstoriesabout her.
Jordan Baker • Sheonly has oneaunt in her family, who is about a thousand yearsold. • Sheisn’tshy of being in center of things. (Sometimes Daisy and Jordan talk at once, , unobtusively, and with a banteringinconsequencethatwas not quite chatter.) • Nick often look at her, and thinksshe has a pleasantface. (I enjoyedlooking at her) • She is wearing a white dress. ( - thatwas as cool as theirwhitedresses)