Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald create his female lead with such undecided love-hate implications? Most people think of Daisy as selfish, shallow, and a hurtful woman but is that the way we should really think of her? Daisy is a character we should really feel mournful for. She is a sympathetic character because she is actually the victim in the whole novel, she is misunderstood and because we are stuck with a horrible narrator.
Daisy is a victim to both Tom and Gatsby. She is first the victim of Tom’s cruel power and then of Gatsby’s ever more depersonalized vision of her. Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully who demands from those around him and who hurts and control his women, Daisy and Myrtle. 'You did it, Tom,' she said accusingly. “I know you didn't …show more content…
The book is interpreted in his point of view so not everything may be correct. So how much do we really know about her? Nicks only sources for Daisy are Gatsby and Jordan who are also not reliable. So Nick had already formed his opinions based off of what characters said about her. For example, in chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, Nick already makes conclusions when he says, “I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.” Since this is so early in the book, our opinions of her never really change. Nick rarely even speaks to Daisy in the book. So how could he understand what she thought and felt if they never had a single significant conversation? Nick even speaks more to Tom than he does to his own cousin. Nick is not just unreliable but is also biased. He is only biased towards Gatsby which makes us biased towards him as well. Daisy does not get special treatment like Gatsby does. Whenever she does something wrong we judge her but when Gatsby does something wrong we make excuses for him. So should we really judge Daisy because a biased and unreliable narrator made
Daisy is a victim to both Tom and Gatsby. She is first the victim of Tom’s cruel power and then of Gatsby’s ever more depersonalized vision of her. Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully who demands from those around him and who hurts and control his women, Daisy and Myrtle. 'You did it, Tom,' she said accusingly. “I know you didn't …show more content…
The book is interpreted in his point of view so not everything may be correct. So how much do we really know about her? Nicks only sources for Daisy are Gatsby and Jordan who are also not reliable. So Nick had already formed his opinions based off of what characters said about her. For example, in chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, Nick already makes conclusions when he says, “I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.” Since this is so early in the book, our opinions of her never really change. Nick rarely even speaks to Daisy in the book. So how could he understand what she thought and felt if they never had a single significant conversation? Nick even speaks more to Tom than he does to his own cousin. Nick is not just unreliable but is also biased. He is only biased towards Gatsby which makes us biased towards him as well. Daisy does not get special treatment like Gatsby does. Whenever she does something wrong we judge her but when Gatsby does something wrong we make excuses for him. So should we really judge Daisy because a biased and unreliable narrator made