In this section of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we receive a great deal of character development in the span of about 12 pages. Starting with Miss Jordyn Baker, although I'm not sure of her actual role as a character, I did learn that she is a compulsive liar and a golf champ. Maybe these are two completely random facts that have absolutely no meaning whatsoever, but I have a feeling that the lying trait will come into play here as the plot continues. With our narrator Nick, he believes that there are few people in the world that do NOT lie- one of them being himself. Therefore, right now, he doesn't see Miss Baker's lying as much of a problem. Lastly, we have the development of the one whose name is also the title of the book. Mr. Gatsby is sure to become a major character in this novel in a short time, and Fitzgerald has made getting to know him an easy task for readers. He basically spells out Mr. Gatsby's background for us in about a page. I acquired that he was the son of wealthy people in the Midwest, and was educated at Oxford because of a family tradition. Fitzgerald also mentions how Gatsby was, "trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago," (Fitzgerald 70) and that he tried hard to die in war, showing that deep down beyond the tough exterior, he just has a lot to deal with and is a truly troubled person.
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