Jordan Baker: The All-American Façade of Privilege in *The Great Gatsby*

Jordan Baker, a name synonymous with cool detachment and a certain disarming charm, is more than just a peripheral figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s *The Great Gatsby*. She’s a carefully crafted character, a lens through which Fitzgerald refracts the brittle values and shimmering illusions of the Jazz Age. “I hate careless people. That’s why I…