Nick finds Jordans openness about her character appealing. Jordan baker is a sorta secondary character because shes in a lot but not as much a Gatsby or nick. She is an interesting character in the fact that like Nick she travels between The East and West Eggs, the old and new money. This includes Jordan Baker (Michael Evans Behling), the son of coach Billy Baker who offers Spencer a spot on the team and a chance to attend a school that offers better prospects for Spencer’s future. Jordan Baker, a 26-year-old black man, was shot in January 2014 by an off-duty police officer, Juventino Castro, who was cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident in December 2014.

She has a slightly shady reputation because of rumors that she had cheated in a tournament, which harmed her reputation socially and as a golfer. She is Nick Carraway's girlfriend for most of the novel, though they grow apart towards the end. Jordan also has a carefree attitude because it is said that she is a drinker. Jordan Baker—an amateur golfer and Daisy Buchanan's long-time friend with a sarcastic streak and an aloof attitude. Jordan is the romantic interest of the narrator, Nick Caraway. Jordan Baker is also a highly emancipated woman: she plays golf, drinks alcohol, smokes cigarettes, and has sex not because of the pressure on her but because that is what she wants. Jordan Baker. Jordan Baker proves to be an essential character in The Great Gatsby novel. Daisy's longtime friend, Jordan Baker is a professional golfer who cheated in order to win her first tournament. Jordan is extremely cynical, with a masculine, icy demeanor that Nick initially finds compelling. Not many women of her day, or before that, were active in sports such as golf. Jordan Baker is also depicted to be very independent because she is a golfer (19). She also smokes and haves sex; not because there is pressure on her to do such things, but because she is gratified by these activities.