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How do Nick's thoughts on romantic relations, Jordan, and New York connect into one topic?

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One must conceal one's true feelings in order to succeed in a wealthy society.

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Nick starts to like the quick pace and upbeat feel of the city after growing up in a more quiet setting. Though he wont admit it, he enjoys being an observer of the gossip and events that pass in the high society he seems to be apart of.

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Subterfuges: deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.
Insolent: showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.

Jaunty: having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

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Haughty: arrogantly superior and disdainful.
Affectations: behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

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This quote reveals that Jordan is dishonest solely for the purpose of being "above" others. Her "cool, insolent smile" reveals her blatant rude and arrogant attitude towards others and towards the world. Her "jaunty" appearance further exemplifies this self-confident mindset and big ego that she carries around.

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The way that Jordan acts (bored, superior, above others) is used as a way to hide herself. She's consciously concealing herself from the people she meets. In the rich society she lives in, appearances are the most important thing and she presents herself as aloof to hide her judgement.

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"She was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage and, given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty body" (58).

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"The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something- most affectations conceal something eventually, even if they don't in the beginning-" (57).

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"I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night, and the satisfaction that the constant flicker of men and women and machines gives to the restless eye" (56).