Many people dissemble their true feelings towards a person. This could be for a couple reasons, they do not know what they want or they want to manipulate that person to feel a certain way about them. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan hides her true feelings. At first, Daisy seems naive and careless, but as the story progresses, the reader discovers that there is something more she is hiding. There are a few main scenes where Daisy dissembled. First, in chapter one at dinner with Tom Buchanan, her husband, and Nick Carraway, her cousin, and Jordan Baker, her friend. Jordan Baker brings up Gatsby, asking if Nick knows him, and Daisy seemed shocked to hear his name. “‘Gatsby?’ demanded Daisy, ‘What Gatsby?’” (Fitzgerald
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When Gatsby was killed, Daisy did not attend his funeral. Once Gatsby was gone, Daisy acted like he was never there. His death did not affect her. In fact, Tom and Daisy disappeared and do not come back. This shows how selfish of a person Daisy is. She just wanted Gatsby so she had someone to love her when Tom did not. As soon as Tom realized their relationship he loved her again, and cared for her more. Daisy decided to stay with Tom even though he had cheated on her multiple times. Nick sums up Daisy very well when he says, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and the retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . . .” (Fitzgerald 179). Daisy pretended to love Gatsby and was sweet and romantic towards him, then she broke his heart and disappeared. Daisy dissembling changed the perspective of the book. The Great Gatsby was not just a sappy love story between a lonely man who found just whom he was looking for, and a woman who is unhappy in her marriage. It seemed like it would be that way at first, but due to Daisy’s carelessness and changing emotions, it was an interesting plot. Readers must pay attention while reading The Great Gatsby because Daisy’s mind is all over the place, and some of the scenes may be hard to understand because of it, but a thought-provoking novel became of
When Gatsby was killed, Daisy did not attend his funeral. Once Gatsby was gone, Daisy acted like he was never there. His death did not affect her. In fact, Tom and Daisy disappeared and do not come back. This shows how selfish of a person Daisy is. She just wanted Gatsby so she had someone to love her when Tom did not. As soon as Tom realized their relationship he loved her again, and cared for her more. Daisy decided to stay with Tom even though he had cheated on her multiple times. Nick sums up Daisy very well when he says, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and the retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . . .” (Fitzgerald 179). Daisy pretended to love Gatsby and was sweet and romantic towards him, then she broke his heart and disappeared. Daisy dissembling changed the perspective of the book. The Great Gatsby was not just a sappy love story between a lonely man who found just whom he was looking for, and a woman who is unhappy in her marriage. It seemed like it would be that way at first, but due to Daisy’s carelessness and changing emotions, it was an interesting plot. Readers must pay attention while reading The Great Gatsby because Daisy’s mind is all over the place, and some of the scenes may be hard to understand because of it, but a thought-provoking novel became of