Love is a complicated and messy thing, especially when it’s faked for protection and money. Daisy Buchanan is an excellent example of this complicated love. She tends to flirt with a lot of men and can never make up her mind for whom she is actually devoted to. She is much too young and irresponsible to actually make choices for herself and relies on all the men she is with to make the decisions for her. Daisy is just a girl who is charmed by money and men. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the character, Daisy, is a girlish exploiter who only cares for herself.
First, Daisy possesses flapper like qualities which makes her be seen as an object and which makes her more flamboyant in her love life. This is a characteristic in Daisy that …show more content…
This is why she left Gatsby for Tom Buchanan. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - such beautiful shirts before.” (Fitzgerald 118-119). Daisy notices the shirts nice quality and expensive taste that they are. She also lets said shirts affect her emotions even though they are only materials. “Daisy is attribution to her tremendous power over Gatsby and his fate.” (Person.) She is looking for money. She is looking for someone new even though Gatsby is already in love with her and coming back for her. With this, she can lead Gatsby anywhere and make him do anything. “Daisy becomes the unwilling grail in Gatsby’s adolescent quest.” (Person). She left him, when she was young, for Tom who had money. Gatsby had a plan to make money and win her back because of this. She takes notice in Gatsby after he has made money and has a rich home. “Holds her (Daisy) world and everyone in it, in the palm of her hand.” (Boykin 19). Daisy has complete control because of her position. She has set herself up in an ideal position with money and a luxurious lifestyle. Though some might say that Daisy is too young to be this intelligent her age does not stop her intelligence. She realizes her position exactly and knows how to manipulate her way into whatever she wants. With this power, she is truly safe in any
First, Daisy possesses flapper like qualities which makes her be seen as an object and which makes her more flamboyant in her love life. This is a characteristic in Daisy that …show more content…
This is why she left Gatsby for Tom Buchanan. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - such beautiful shirts before.” (Fitzgerald 118-119). Daisy notices the shirts nice quality and expensive taste that they are. She also lets said shirts affect her emotions even though they are only materials. “Daisy is attribution to her tremendous power over Gatsby and his fate.” (Person.) She is looking for money. She is looking for someone new even though Gatsby is already in love with her and coming back for her. With this, she can lead Gatsby anywhere and make him do anything. “Daisy becomes the unwilling grail in Gatsby’s adolescent quest.” (Person). She left him, when she was young, for Tom who had money. Gatsby had a plan to make money and win her back because of this. She takes notice in Gatsby after he has made money and has a rich home. “Holds her (Daisy) world and everyone in it, in the palm of her hand.” (Boykin 19). Daisy has complete control because of her position. She has set herself up in an ideal position with money and a luxurious lifestyle. Though some might say that Daisy is too young to be this intelligent her age does not stop her intelligence. She realizes her position exactly and knows how to manipulate her way into whatever she wants. With this power, she is truly safe in any