' 'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.' 'I hope I never
will,' she [Jordan] answered. 'I hate careless people. That's why I like you.' '
(Fitzgerald, pg. 63) Jordan is explaining to Nick how she is able to drive badly as
long as everyone else drives carefully. This quote represents the writing technique of
foreshadowing, which is being used in one of its finest form. Fitzgerald is
foreshadowing to chapter seven where Daisy kills Myrtle Wilson because of her reckless
driving. Fitzgerald uses foreshadowing to strengthen the plot of his book. In chapter
nine, Nic…
