Examples Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby

He returns and has little money, and he does whatever is needed to get rich and move near Daisy because, as Gatsby says, “her voice is full of money” (7). He says this because she is rich, and he idolizes being rich because all he wants is to be with her and she only wants to be with someone who is rich. The only thing in life that makes Gatsby happy during the story is Daisy. He comes home from the war and realizes she has married someone who is rich, and he goes out and becomes rich himself to make her come back to him so they can be happy together. He still cares about her even after he is told there isn't a chance, “He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do” (8). Daisy, on the other hand, isn’t worried about anything other than public appearance and having money. She won’t divorce Tom because she is a catholic, and even though he has cheated on her, she doesn’t want to look bad to her friends and family. The other reason she stays with him is because he is rich and she can live however she wants to. While Gatsby is rich as well, Tom is who she married and even though she loves both of them her choice to stay with Tom reflects greed and self-preservation, because she shouldn’t even be in the situation in the first place. Had she cared more about other people than money, she wouldn’t have had an affair with Gatsby and

During the 1920’s, women’s roles were changing rapidly; women were gaining more independence. Although many women pushed for the recognition of their power, many women were still being disregarded by their male counterparts. Daisy Buchanan provides an example of the lack of power of women during the Roaring Twenties era in that she is consistently controlled by Tom Buchanan in many aspects of her life. Consistently throughout the novel, Tom Buchanan acts as if he is superior to Daisy. Furthermore, Daisy Buchanan never stands up against Tom; it is as if he has complete control over every aspect of her life. Finally, after Daisy reconnects with Gatsby, it is clear that Daisy is unhappy with her marriage yet she continues to do exactly as Tom instructs her to do.

She gave him the illusion that a future with her was possible however; she had no intentions of leaving Tom for Gatsby, “I did love him [Tom] once -- but I loved you [Gatsby] too” (132, 26). Daisy was privileged from the moment she was born and would never trade this lifestyle so it is no surprise that she married a man such as Tom. Tom came from a wealthy family who possessed “old money” while Gatsby recently became wealthy and obtained “new money.” Daisy could never leave Tom and change the lifestyle she’s lived since birth, “Even alone I can’t say I never loved Tom” (133, 3). She leads Gatsby to believe that she would leave Tom for him but when the argument arose, she fled back to Tom. It is almost as if Daisy and Tom have an agreement to always come back to each to other if one of them is ever to stray. The only people every burned by the affairs are the other party. Daisy represents the corruption of wealth and materialism. She knows that her husband is committing adultery, the ultimate sin, but she stays with him for his money. It is clear that Daisy loves money when she is getting a tour of Gatsby’s room and she sees his clothing. “They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such–such beautiful shirts before” (92, 22). This is a display of how materialistic items are a necessity in her

“‘And I hope she'll be a fool – that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool’” (Fitzgerald 21). Ignorance is a prevailing characteristic of many people who feel it is better to be ill informed and clueless than to know more and be held accountable for anything. Many times, people refuse to take any responsibility for their actions, and they continue on with their lives with no regard as to how other people are affected. These people are oblivious to anyone but themselves, whether they purposely behave this way or not. This behavioral impunity is principally exercised by one of the main characters, Daisy Buchanan, in the novel, The Great Gatsby. F. Scott FItzgerald’s novel leads one to conclude that the corruption of the American Dream is manipulated by the

I believe Gatsby really loves Daisy up to a certain point. If Gatsby wouldn’t love Daisy then this wouldn’t be a book. He has this idea of Daisy but she will not live up to it. We see him try multiple times. The first time is when he sets up the date with Nick. He wants to Daisy to come because he is impatient. He has thrown so many parties. He has purposely chose to live by her but still she won’t come over so he decides to plan it with Nick. If you wouldn’t love Daisy in the sense of the idea then he wouldn’t do it. The next great example of this is when he decides to send someone to cut the grass. He wants to impress her so much and be perfect because he wants to go back to the past. But the problem will be that she has changed and is there

Love is one of the most complex and unexplainable human emotions. Though love is hard to understand, it cannot be bought with anything this world has to offer. In the Great Gatsby but F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom could not make daisy love him, but managed to use his money and fancy things to win her hand in marriage. "He gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars"(76) impressive as it was, the gift was not what made daisy love Tom. I do believe that Daisy found love in her marriage for a time. Something happened over their honeymoon that was not revealed to the reader. "Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all- and yet there's something in that voice of hers...."(77) If she did love Tom, then it

I have fired all my servants lately, as Daisy visits me quite often in the afternoons. I would not like anybody to gossip or let word escape, so I decided to use someone that I can trust in my mansion. Daisy had invited Nick and I to go to her house for lunch tomorrow…That of course is amazing news and this will definitely be the time I take action of my plans before tomorrow. I am very excited because by the time my plans succeed, Daisy will be back with me, and we will hopefully marry in Louisville, the place where we first met each other. First off, I am thinking about what I will do about Tom and Daisy.

The Great Gatsby is about the American Dream and the fall of those who attempt to reach the illusional goals. American Dream means that America is a land full of opportunities in which everyone has the possibility to succeed in his life. The dream of Gatsby is not material possession. He only wants to be the riches so that he can fulfill his true American Dream, Daisy.

First, his business was illegal. To achieve his goal, Gatsby has lied to everyone. Nevertheless, everyone knew him as a high status person. It is no longer a characteristic of a tragic hero. The tragic hero can be said to be of high social status. However, Gatsby came from a lower class. He also chases a married woman. If we look at him as a good side, we will see him as a brave man who tries the best he can to achieve his goal. However, if we look at him as a bad side, he is the one who tries to break a happy family. Even though Daisy’s married to Tom, Jay buys a mansion close to her house, holds lavish parties so that she’ll pay attention to them and may be even come herself. He is trying to win the heart of another man’s wife. Gatsby hopelessly falls in love with a money-loving woman. That leads to his downfall. He loses everything, even death. He is foolish because he believes that he can repeat the past or erase his

He wanted to win her back “because she [was] a member of the established American aristocracy of wealth” (Canterbery 300). To Gatsby she represents everything he wanted to achieve in life; the high economic status, and the appearance of wealth. Everything that Gatsby did was in an effort to look more appealing to Daisy and attract her back to him. By doing these things “Gatsby attempted to display a purchasing ability that was out of his reach” (Canterbery 300). Gatsby did not realize that he could not buy daisy back with just money, and she evidently found Tom Buchannon more appealing in the end because of his wealth and social status. Even when Gatsby died Daisy never called or came to the funeral because Tom a member of the Old money class showed her a side to Gatsby that she did not like. Everything thing Gatsby did was to pursue his dream of being with Daisy and becoming a member of the Wealthy class, but it all failed as a result of Tom (Old money) exploiting the bad things about Gatsby's (new money) to Daisy. Daisy went back to Tom and left Gatsby at his own funeral alone. Regardless of Gatsby’s efforts to fulfil his dream he was never able to fully make the transition to a higher social class and never made it with Daisy. Throughout Gatsby’s story Fitzgerald expresses that “The American dream is not to be a reality, in that it no longer exists, except in the minds of men like Gatsby, whom it

By writing The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald was able to let out all of his emotions that had been bottled up since he married Zelda. Gatsby realizes early on that to please a woman like Daisy, he was going to need money, and a whole lot of it. But when Gatsby went away to the war and did not return, Daisy needed to find someone that could afford her lavish lifestyle. Still in love with the poor soldier, Jay Gatsby, Daisy agrees to marry Tom Buchanan for his wealth. When Gatsby returns, he spends the next several years of his life building a financial empire for himself. When it was complete he buys a mansion right across the water from Daisy’s. He then begins hosting these spectacular parties at his home. Afte they reconnect through Nick, Daisy falls in love with Gatsby’s new life. At one point in time, Daisy possibly loved Gatsby, but just like with her marriage, money was the number one priority in her life. When Tom reveals that Gatsby is a dishonest man and is illegally making money, Daisy ends their affair and goes back to Tom who was still having an affair himself. Gatsby did everything in his power to win Daisy back since she was his American Dream. However, Daisy’s American Dream was her own lavish lifestyle. She would stop at nothing, including killing her husband’s mistress and allowing Gatsby to take the fall for it, if it meant keeping her husband and all his money. Gatsby’s dream was unattainable since Daisy, his dream, loved money more than she loved

Great Gatsby obtains many conflicting characters, scenes, and conflicts. Many of those conflicts, when perceived at surface level, could easily be blamed on the wrong person. Often the people that come off innocent, are the most guilty; it all merely depends on the level of perception. In The Great Gatsby, many are quick to blame Tom Buchanan but in reality Daisy is the biggest antagonist there is. The ways she can take total control, deceive, and get into people's minds proves she has the antagonist title throughout the book.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word “great” is defined as: “markedly superior in character or quality.” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there as an immediate expectation that the titular character, Gatsby, is “great.” Upon first look, Gatsby appears to meet this expectation. Gatsby has a “factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy” for a house, a countless amount of cars, a seemingly endless amount of money, and a hydroplane. But upon closer review, Gatsby reveals his true character. Although he accumulated a “great” fortune, Gatsby himself was not “great” because of his illegal rise to wealth, pathetic obsession with an already married woman, and lack of true friends, displaying that money does not equate to success.

Daisy might have been born to money but with her character all she cares about money and not really loving or caring she along with tom just care about materialistic thing. Daisy and Tom are perfect for each other because while Tom wanted more money and be seen as the best and Daisey just wanted to be known for being a wealthy socialite. Gatsby had an obsession with getting Daisy back he was greedy for her attention.Nick takes a risk when Tom and Daisy come to one of the lavish parties and after tom begins to catch onto Gatsby motives of the parties. Soon after Tom takes daisy with her while he flees vowing to find out who this man really is. Gatsby looks back on the events of the night and comes to the conclusion that Daisy didn’t enjoy her time and nick fires back that Gatsby ” ‘You can’t repeat the past.’ ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’ He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand”(Fitzgerald 102). Jay Gatsby had everything, the money the fame but not the girl. Jay Gatsby was a man who couldn't get over the love he had for one Daisy

In an attempt to win back Daisy, Gatsby utilizes his wealth to pretend that Tom never existed. Since being separated from Daisy because of the war 5 years ago, Gatsby has been on a mission to win her back. He moves across the river from her and even throws lavish parties with hopes that she will attend. When Gatsby and Daisy finally meet again, he tries to impress her with his massive house and nice shirts. Gatsby boasts, “My house looks well, doesn’t it” (89). While expensive items may make Daisy happy for now, it will not fix her complicated relationships with both Tom and Gatsby. Gatsby believes that