Giovanelli is perceived in many ways by the various people around him. While Daisy describes him as a handsome, “tremendously clever,” and “perfectly lovely” man, Winterbourne sees him as “a little man with a handsome face, an artfully poised hat, a glass one eye, and a nosegay in his button-hole.” (p.54) Winterbourne further points out that Giovanelli must be only “a music-master, or a penny-a-liner, or a third-rate artist” who is just doing “a clever imitation” of a gentleman. Still, ironically, Winterbourne admits that Giovanelli seems to be quite a fine, intelligent, tactful, and humble man who is not chasing Daisy for any financial gain. In fact, Giovanelli never tries to interfere with Winterbournes affairs with Daisy either, and there
