So far in The Great Gatsby, Nick appears to be the hero of the story. His values seem to be (so far) those of the reader since he doesn't do anything dishonest, unjust, etc. Plus, the reader pulls for him throughout the story.
Jordan is the antihero. She is dishonest, and she cheats in her tournaments. "Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men, and now I saw that this was because she felt safer on a plane where any divergence from a code would be thought impossible. She was incurably dishonest" (p. 58). Despite her moral values, Nick seems to like Jordan, and therefore, the reader does, too.
At the moment, Gatsby is still a mystery in the novel since the reader doesn't know much about him. On page 48, Nick describes Gatsby as having, "one of those rare smiles with a quality of reassurance in it," and then discusses how he could be extremely understanding. Because of the underdevelopment of his character at this point, Gatsby would be very hard to classify, though he could potentially be the villain.
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