Carelessness, as innocent and harmful as it may appear, can have the potential of causing a lot of damage. We in American society look to make the most of our time, living large some might say. But, it is this type of “living in the now” mentality that can harbor many negative consequences. This type of ideology can be seen in Scott F. Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, where Daisy Buchanan, born and raised in a wealthy family, wields her own version of negligence. Ironically taking place during the “Jazz Age” in 1920’s America, Daisy Buchanan ever so slowly sets up a great tragedy, for which whom will affect everyone but herself. A tragedy in which will cause the avoidable demise of the innocent and not so innocent. As a result, Daisy
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One way to see this is through how she treats her very own daughter Pammy. In the beginning of the of the story when discussing with Nick Carraway about the future of her first child, Daisy remarks, “I hope she 'll be a fool- that 's the very best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”(Fitzgerald 17). Through such a statement, it becomes clear that, from experience, Daisy wants her child to live a similar lifestyle, a life of a careless fool whom is free from responsibilities. To say herself to her very own child, the person that she loves the most, that a life devoid of commitment is best, reveals to the reader Daisy’s personal philosophy. Not to forget to mention, Daisy never actually spends any time with her daughter, but instead has her very own nanny around Pammy for the majority of the time. In turn, one is able to see just how careless Daisy is through how she mothers her child, but this can also be expressed through the circumstances of how she married Pammy’s father. Five years before the events of The Great Gatsby take place, Daisy 's mother “had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say good bye to a soldier who was going overseas”(Fitzgerald 75), that soldier was Jay Gatsby. With that type of mentality of risking oneself to say farewell to someone, one might believe Daisy loves Gatsby enough to wait for him …show more content…
Buchanan 's self centered nature can be further seen through her own materialism. Such a materialism that even includes her very own daughter. When Daisy introduces Pam for the fist time to Gatsby, she presented her in a manner as if a new sports car or an extension to a home, with herself adding, in response to Pam 's question to why she called her down, “That 's because your mother wanted to show you off”(Fitzgerald 117). By comparing a child to a glorified object, not only does Daisy reveal to the reader her unhealthy manner of achieving self-satisfaction, but also her desire for possessions. Not only does she objectify her own kin, but also her love. For a significant portion of Gatsby 's life, all that Gatsby wanted was to marry Daisy, but there was a great barrier between him and his dream. This barrier was wealth, for which was a requirement that Daisy needed to have in order to even consider to marry someone. Thus, Gatsby sought out to vanquish such a barrier “if he could amass enough rubies and peaux de tigres and silk shirts to impress Daisy, to win and keep her...”(Baker 2). Gatsby, overcoming such a feat while Daisy continuing her own vacuous lifestyle, made himself seem like he was good enough for Daisy, which for a moment he does. Gatsby even purchased what seems to be like a castle right “across the bay”(Fitzgerald 92) from Daisy, and everything he ever did was done just to impress Daisy. With all that, one would think that Daisy would establish a great
One way to see this is through how she treats her very own daughter Pammy. In the beginning of the of the story when discussing with Nick Carraway about the future of her first child, Daisy remarks, “I hope she 'll be a fool- that 's the very best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”(Fitzgerald 17). Through such a statement, it becomes clear that, from experience, Daisy wants her child to live a similar lifestyle, a life of a careless fool whom is free from responsibilities. To say herself to her very own child, the person that she loves the most, that a life devoid of commitment is best, reveals to the reader Daisy’s personal philosophy. Not to forget to mention, Daisy never actually spends any time with her daughter, but instead has her very own nanny around Pammy for the majority of the time. In turn, one is able to see just how careless Daisy is through how she mothers her child, but this can also be expressed through the circumstances of how she married Pammy’s father. Five years before the events of The Great Gatsby take place, Daisy 's mother “had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say good bye to a soldier who was going overseas”(Fitzgerald 75), that soldier was Jay Gatsby. With that type of mentality of risking oneself to say farewell to someone, one might believe Daisy loves Gatsby enough to wait for him …show more content…
Buchanan 's self centered nature can be further seen through her own materialism. Such a materialism that even includes her very own daughter. When Daisy introduces Pam for the fist time to Gatsby, she presented her in a manner as if a new sports car or an extension to a home, with herself adding, in response to Pam 's question to why she called her down, “That 's because your mother wanted to show you off”(Fitzgerald 117). By comparing a child to a glorified object, not only does Daisy reveal to the reader her unhealthy manner of achieving self-satisfaction, but also her desire for possessions. Not only does she objectify her own kin, but also her love. For a significant portion of Gatsby 's life, all that Gatsby wanted was to marry Daisy, but there was a great barrier between him and his dream. This barrier was wealth, for which was a requirement that Daisy needed to have in order to even consider to marry someone. Thus, Gatsby sought out to vanquish such a barrier “if he could amass enough rubies and peaux de tigres and silk shirts to impress Daisy, to win and keep her...”(Baker 2). Gatsby, overcoming such a feat while Daisy continuing her own vacuous lifestyle, made himself seem like he was good enough for Daisy, which for a moment he does. Gatsby even purchased what seems to be like a castle right “across the bay”(Fitzgerald 92) from Daisy, and everything he ever did was done just to impress Daisy. With all that, one would think that Daisy would establish a great