Queer theory criticisms opens up a lot of new prospectives on the characters movies for their actions and their personalities in general. One example, is Jordan Bakers gender neutral name. Although she is a girl, the narrator describes her in such ways that are masculine. "She [Jordan] makes her living in the, then, male domain of professional golf." (346) By playing a role on a male dominated profession, it gives her a more masculine quality, and there for masculine features. Gatsby, on the other hand is given female qualities, he has an "impeccable wardrobe featur[ing] various shades of lavender and pink, two colors that have been long associated with gayness." (345) I think because Nick the narrator is the one focusing on all of these characteristic, he is creating a bias. A bias, that could be creating an illusion that Jordan is lesbian, Gatsby is gay or they are both bi. Either way the readers would not be getting the true personalities of Gatsby or Jordan because of the Nick's struggle with finding his true identity, which is backed up by Lois Tyson's essay. " his perceptions may result from his own projects( he has gay desire, so he sees signs of it in others), or he may be sensitive to the queer aspects of Gatsby's and Jordan's sexuality because he share them or both." (349) This quote also results in Nick having his own struggle on identifying who he is, which throws off the story line by giving it an underlying plot.
The question I pose is, if Nick is truly gay or bi, then does his sexuality affect the readers? If so how are the readers really supposed to know the characters if their narrator is bias? Also how many layers of relationships and stories can there be in just the Great Gatsby?
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