k and ragebecause he believed that he was in love with Faustina. It was this that began Dunny’s characterdevelopment. He first begins to feel for what he has just seen, “I never knew such a collapse ofthe spirit even in the worst of the war. And this time there was no Little Madonna to offer meCourage or ease me into oblivion.” (pg. 224 ln 7) Dunny finds himself upset because his moralsand values came crashing down when he saw Faustina and Liesl, but he quickly and bluntlyconfronted by Liesl. “That is you privilege, watching life from the sidelines and knowing were allthe players go wrong. Life is a spectator sport to you. Now you have taken a tumble and foundyourself in the middle of the fight, and you are whimpering because it is rough.” (pg. 225 ln 25) This quote helps strengthens Dunny and also gives him that initial push towards his way ondeveloping his character into the vital role, otherwise the novel would not have ended the waythat it did. Throughout The Great Gatsby the characters values are exposed for the reader andbecause of this, the readers are hence allowed a great insight into what a true nature of thecharacter really is. At this point of the novel Jordan seems to be growing on Nick, and Nick isstill not bothered by Jordan’s dishonesty. It is important to know that Jordan is not dishonest inthe sense that she sleeps around and is immoral in regards to her sex-life. This is importantbecause Nick begins to feel tender towards Jordan’s behaviour, but he comes to discover that heraffections are a result to conceal her dishonesty. “At her first big golf tournament there was arow that nearly reached the newspapers - a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad liein the semi-final round.” (pg. 65 ln 33) “Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men.”(pg. 65 ln 3) Jordan avoided clever men because it made here secure and she could ...
