Nickname

Jordan’s nickname marks the extent to which she constructs her identity through external sources rather than through an internal sense of self. By allowing Sam and Yash to rename her after a character from The Great Gatsby, she accepts a version of herself shaped by their imagination. The name signals a pattern that aligns with her tendency to live through the desires and expectations of others. It also marks a distancing from Casey, the self she sets aside during college, and reflects how easily she lets her own direction blur in favour of belonging.

Sir Hincomb Funnibuster

The card game signals continuity across the different phases of Jordan’s life, a shared practice that forms a bridge between college and adulthood. Learned at the Breach House, it represents the informal community she built with Ivan, Yash and Sam, a space where conversation, competition and companionship...