How Does Daisy Change In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about a married women, Daisy Buchanan, who found out that her long lost love, Jay Gatsby, is still alive. daisy Buchanan is the most changed character, she goes through drastic events that change her in a lot of ways. Some of the ways are when she hears from gatsby for the first time since he left for the war and all her encounters with him.

Daisy is the most changed character because of her reaction when she finds out Gatsby is still alive. Daisy choose money over love. Jordan went into Daisy's room “ half an hour before the bridal dinner, and found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress — and as drunk as a monkey. She had a bottle of Sauterne in one hand and a letter in the other.”(fitzgerald 84) when she
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She is upset because she knows she can’t be with Gatsby. His social class does not even compare to Tom Buchanan. At the time Gatsby was extremely poor, and women back then didn’t really married for love, they just wanted to be took care of. This changes daisy because she chooses money over love. Daisy's choice came back to bite her in the butt. Gatsby starts throwing all his fancy clothes on the floor “‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such — such beautiful shirts before.’”(fitzgerald 98). she isn’t crying because she thinks the shirts are nice. She is crying because she made the wrong choice all those years ago. It is a little bit of karma because she chose money over love, and now the man that she loves is filthy rich. This changes Daisy because she wants to be with gatsby now and the only way to do that his to ruin her reputation by having an affair. like the day, the conversation was getting heated

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