finds
himself attracted to 's lean, hard, androgynous golfer's body as well as her cool,
self-possessed manner. They have much in common: first, they are both from the same social
class. Second, Jordan is 's childhood friend and Nick is Daisy's cousin; they are both connected
to the Buchanans. Both also get entangled with , acting as intermediaries for the meeting Gatsby
is anxious to set up with Daisy at Nick's house. It seems almost inevitable that they would
"fall in" together to make a foursome withand Daisy.
At moments
Nick seems to be falling in love with Jordan, but he has a prior entanglement with a girl back
home, one mentioned incessantly by Daisy when he first comes to dinner at the Buchanan house.
Further, at the same moment he is accusing Jordan of being dishonest and praising himself as the
"cardinal" virtue of honesty, he is also revealing that he has not been upfront with
his girlfriend back home.
Nick and Jordan have a complicated and ultimately
unsatisfactory relationship that ends abruptly, unable to withstand the shock of Myrtle's and
Gatsby's deaths.
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