In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, we see that the character of Jordan Baker is quite different from other women of her time. She has beliefs and values that are radically different from everybody else’s. Through her actions, it is clear that she represents the emergence of a different type of woman -- one who is self sufficient -- in the 1920’s. Fitzgerald uses this individual to symbolize the changing ways of life in …showed first 75 words of 627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 627 total…Fitzgerald greatly emphasizes. Fitzgerald’s purpose with the character of Jordan Baker is to represent the changing times of the 1920’s. During this period, women began to have different views on the world, leading them to become stronger people. Possibly the inferiority that women have long experienced and contained within themselves finally allowed them to reach above this feeling -- they now consider themselves self-confident and self-reliant. Jordan Baker is the symbol of this goal.