# Jordan Baker — The Great Gatsby character guide

> Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jordan, Miss Baker

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Snapshot

A professional golfer with a cool, self-possessed charm, she moves through the Buchanans' world and becomes Nick's wary romantic interest.

## Who they are

Jordan is Daisy's oldest friend and a fixture at the Buchanans' dinner table, where she observes everything with a detached, slightly cynical eye. She is the one who first tells Nick about Gatsby and Daisy's history, drawing him deeper into the mystery. Her relationship with Nick unfolds in the margins of the larger drama, a tentative connection between two people who are both, in different ways, spectators of the lives around them.

## Relationships

### [Jay Gatsby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/jay_gatsby)

_friendship_

Jordan acts as a mutual friend and facilitator between Gatsby and Daisy, though their connection is purely social and strategic.

### [Daisy Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/daisy_buchanan)

_friendship_

They are old friends from Louisville who share a cynical, careless attitude and a privileged social circle.

### [Tom Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/tom_buchanan)

_social_

They move in the same wealthy, East Egg social circles and share a mutual acquaintance through Daisy.

### [Nick Carraway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/nick_carraway)

_romantic_

They have a brief, casual romantic relationship, but Nick ends it due to her dishonesty and his disillusionment with the East Coast elite.

### [Myrtle Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/myrtle_wilson)

_social_

They have no meaningful direct interaction, existing in completely separate social strata.

### [Jay Gatsby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/jay_gatsby)

_friendship_

Jordan acts as a mutual friend and facilitator between Gatsby and Daisy, though their connection is purely social and strategic.

### [Daisy Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/daisy_buchanan)

_friendship_

They are old friends from Louisville who share a cynical, careless attitude and a privileged social circle.

### [Tom Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/tom_buchanan)

_social_

They move in the same wealthy, East Egg social circles and share a mutual acquaintance through Daisy.

### [Nick Carraway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/nick_carraway)

_romantic_

They have a brief, casual romantic relationship, but Nick ends it due to her dishonesty and his disillusionment with the East Coast elite.

### [Daisy Buchanan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/characters/daisy_buchanan)

_friendship_

They are old friends from Louisville who share a cynical, careless attitude and a privileged social circle.

## In the story

### [The Great Gatsby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/the-great-gatsby)

A professional golfer and friend of Daisy's; cynical, self-assured, and introduces Nick to the rumors about Gatsby.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/i)

Guest. Cynical and detached. She reveals Tom's affair to Nick and is keenly observant of the domestic drama.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/iii)

Acts as Nick's guide and companion at the party. She is summoned for a private talk with Gatsby. Nick later reflects on her incurable dishonesty and careless nature.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/iv)

Tells Nick the crucial backstory of Daisy and Gatsby's past romance and reveals Gatsby's current plan to reunite with Daisy, acting as a messenger.

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/vii)

Present during the tense trip and the Plaza confrontation, a silent witness to the unraveling of relationships.

## Links

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