The Great Gatsby: Daisy's Love
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the character of Daisy
Buchanan has many instances where her life and love of herself, money, and
materialism come into play. Daisy is constantly portrayed as someone who is only
happy when things are being given to her and circumstances are going as she has
planned them. Because of this, Daisy seems to be the character that turns
Fitzgerald's story from a tale of wayward love to a saga of unhappy lives.
Fitzgerald portrays Daisy as a "doomed" character from the very
beginning of the novel. She seems concerned only of her own stability and is
sometimes not ready to go though what she feels she must do to continue the life
that she has grown to know. She tells that she only married Tom Buchanan for the
security he offered and love had little to do with the issue. Before her wedding,
Jordan Baker finds Daisy in her hotel room,
"groping around in the waste-basket she
had with her on the bed and pull[ing] out
[a] string of pearls. "Take 'em down-stairs
and give 'em back.... Tell 'em all Daisy's
change' her mine... She began to cry - she cried
and cried... we locked the door and got her into
a cold bath." (Fitzgerald 77)
Money seems to be one of the very top priorities in her life, and everyone that
she surrounds herself with, including her daughter, seem to accept this as mere
fact with her. She lives in one of the most elite neighborhoods in the state, in
one of the most elegant houses described in the book, and intends very much for
her daughter to grow up much like she has. "And I hope she'll be a fool --
that's the best thing a girl can be in this world today, a beautiful little
fool." (Fitzgerald 24) She raves repeatedly of boats and large windows and halls
where many a extravagant party is held. This only stands remind of her reliance
on material goods and her stories of her gowns and home furnishings confirm this
sad fact. Daisy is one woman who is at home in Bloomingdales,... [continues]
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the character of Daisy
Buchanan has many instances where her life and love of herself, money, and
materialism come into play. Daisy is constantly portrayed as someone who is only
happy when things are being given to her and circumstances are going as she has
planned them. Because of this, Daisy seems to be the character that turns
Fitzgerald's story from a tale of wayward love to a saga of unhappy lives.
Fitzgerald portrays Daisy as a "doomed" character from the very
beginning of the novel. She seems concerned only of her own stability and is
sometimes not ready to go though what she feels she must do to continue the life
that she has grown to know. She tells that she only married Tom Buchanan for the
security he offered and love had little to do with the issue. Before her wedding,
Jordan Baker finds Daisy in her hotel room,
"groping around in the waste-basket she
had with her on the bed and pull[ing] out
[a] string of pearls. "Take 'em down-stairs
and give 'em back.... Tell 'em all Daisy's
change' her mine... She began to cry - she cried
and cried... we locked the door and got her into
a cold bath." (Fitzgerald 77)
Money seems to be one of the very top priorities in her life, and everyone that
she surrounds herself with, including her daughter, seem to accept this as mere
fact with her. She lives in one of the most elite neighborhoods in the state, in
one of the most elegant houses described in the book, and intends very much for
her daughter to grow up much like she has. "And I hope she'll be a fool --
that's the best thing a girl can be in this world today, a beautiful little
fool." (Fitzgerald 24) She raves repeatedly of boats and large windows and halls
where many a extravagant party is held. This only stands remind of her reliance
on material goods and her stories of her gowns and home furnishings confirm this
sad fact. Daisy is one woman who is at home in Bloomingdales,... [continues]
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