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Daisy Buchanan, formerly known as Ms. Fay, or who could have been known as Mrs. Gatsby, is the wife of Tom Buchanan, the lover of Jay Gatsby, and the second cousin of Nick Carraway. She has a thrilling, magnetic voice which shows excitement and usually dresses in white clothing. She has dark, shining hair with bright eyes and a passionate mouth. She is from a wealthy family in Louisville, Kentucky where all the officers in war were in love with her due to her beauty and popularity. In 1917 she met and fell in love with Jay Gatsby where he was stationed at Camp Taylor. Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of the author of The Great Gatsby, has a similar backstory. At the age of 18, she met F.Scott Fitzgerald in Montgomery, Alabama where he was stationed

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