Though the Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby depicts an array of colorfully painted characters, Daisy is arguably his most equivocal, and perhaps most unsatisfactory creation. Living in an image based culture, Daisy is drawn into the beautiful world of wealth and leisure, the exclusive East Egg. Though a perfect reflection of East Egg and it’s wealth, she is arguably vapid and empty as the desolate, depressing valley of the ashes. It is argued that Daisy is a shallow materialist, who on the surface appears to be beautiful and glamorous. The question remains, past the furs and the pearls, is there anything left to daisy? Or is she just a pile of expensive clothes sitting on a gorgeous shell of a woman?
From the moment Nick first introduces us to his …show more content…
First impressions are lasting, and the reader’s first impression of Daisy is angelic one. Surrounded by innocence and enchantment, Daisy appears to the reader as the epitome of purity, “They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (Fitzgerald 8) She is written in a way as to seem like an angel that has graced us with her presence down on earth. She doesn’t appear to be quite human, perhaps a fairy of sorts that can take flight at any moment. Dawned in a white gown, she is supposedly mirroring her glow of purity. She is routinely associated with the color white (white dresses, a white car, her white flowers, etc.), and always seems to be in the height of fashion. She only addressees people with the most endearing terms, adding to her facade of innocence and kindness. She breathes the essence of charm, “Daisy, made an attempt to rise—she leaned slightly forward with a conscientious expression—then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too and came forward into the room.” (Fitzgerald
From the moment Nick first introduces us to his …show more content…
First impressions are lasting, and the reader’s first impression of Daisy is angelic one. Surrounded by innocence and enchantment, Daisy appears to the reader as the epitome of purity, “They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (Fitzgerald 8) She is written in a way as to seem like an angel that has graced us with her presence down on earth. She doesn’t appear to be quite human, perhaps a fairy of sorts that can take flight at any moment. Dawned in a white gown, she is supposedly mirroring her glow of purity. She is routinely associated with the color white (white dresses, a white car, her white flowers, etc.), and always seems to be in the height of fashion. She only addressees people with the most endearing terms, adding to her facade of innocence and kindness. She breathes the essence of charm, “Daisy, made an attempt to rise—she leaned slightly forward with a conscientious expression—then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too and came forward into the room.” (Fitzgerald