How Is Daisy Buchanan Selfish

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Daisy Buchanan, a girl who was born in a wealthy surrounding in East Egg. Daisy met a guy named Gatsby. They were in love until one day Gatsby had to leave for war. She then decided to marry a guy named Tom Buchanan. After a few years, Daisy’s cousin, named Nick Carraway, arrives in East Egg. Nick then gets invited to Gatsby's party, which led to Daisy seeing Gatsby again after many years. Summing up everything Daisy is rich, married to Tom Buchanan, and has an affair with Gatsby.
Doing all that makes me think that Daisy is selfish or arrogant. An example would be that she wants to be with Gatsby because she enjoys her life, but at the same time she wants her family life to be the same with Tom. Another example would be that Gatsby took the

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