Daisy Buchanan In The Great Gatsby

Daisy Buchanan such a beautiful name for a beautiful woman. A gorgeous flower blooming into the world. A woman who tries to follow her heart but is controlled by her husband Tom. It seems like she really loves Gatsby and is only scared and confused about the future. But in all actuality, Daisy is a selfish, shallow, manipulative woman who only cares about money. She is very similar to her stereotypical dominant, racist, insensitive husband and she was fully aware of what she is doing. Daisy played a game of hearts throughout the whole novel and in the end, she won. Obviously, Daisy only cared about money. She is a prime example of a woman in the elite class in the 1920’s. According to Webster’s Dictionary, the word elite means a choice or select group. Daisy chose to live her lifestyle and be in that select group with an abundance of money. Money is what fueled Daisy’s character. On page 92, Daisy cries over Gatsby’s “beautiful shirts”. Her voice muffled in thick folds,“They’re such beautiful shirts”, “It makes me sad because I’ve never …show more content…
This shows when she hit Myrtle with Gatsby’s car and let Gatsby get blamed for her mistake. She doesn’t even call or reach out to Gatsby after she threw him under the bus, she let Gatsby get murdered by Wilson (162). After Gatsby was killed Daisy doesn’t attend Gatsby’s funeral because her game was over. She doesn't care about his life or anyone else’s, she only cares about winning her game. Gatsby died and her “home away from home” with him ended and she proceeded to run away with Tom. She was exactly like Tom in a way, careless and reckless without regard for anyone else’s life. Nick says it best on page 179, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together,and let other people clean up the mess they had