Often in literature, as in life, not everyone is cordial and heartwarming. Since there are billions of different types of people, some of these people have to be unpleasant, and there are a lot of selfish, dramatic, and careless people in this world. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the character Daisy is a perfect example of one of these selfish, dramatic, and careless people. She is a rich socialite who had feelings for an extravagant man named Gatsby before the war. She then marries a man named Tom against her will, due to his social class, even though they are not quite in love with each other. The novel mainly follows Gatsby being determined to win her over, but Daisy then decides she actually does have feelings for Tom.
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“She accidentally kills Myrtle Wilson while driving Gatsby’s car, and agrees to let Gatsby take the blame” (Tate 97). Not to mention, there is a whole separate theory on whether it was quite accidentally or not, and if it was her plan all along: to get rid of Myrtle, so she can go back to Tom. Even if it was accidentally or not, Daisy should have just owned up to it and not let Gatsby take the blame. After the accident, Daisy and Tom were sitting in their house eating cold fried chicken, because everyone thought that since it was Gatsby’s car, he was the one that killed Myrtle. Nick sees Gatsby outside, and asks Gatsby if it was Daisy was the person driving the car. He revealed “Yes, but of course I’ll say I was” (Fitzgerald 143). Here, after Daisy’s reckless driving, she is so careless, she doesn’t even own up to it. In fact, Gatsby almost feels responsible to clean up her mess once again, take the blame, and clear any footprints Daisy may have left behind. This backs up the fact that Daisy is careless, because it ends up costing Gatsby to stay in his home for weeks, and eventually leads to his own
“She accidentally kills Myrtle Wilson while driving Gatsby’s car, and agrees to let Gatsby take the blame” (Tate 97). Not to mention, there is a whole separate theory on whether it was quite accidentally or not, and if it was her plan all along: to get rid of Myrtle, so she can go back to Tom. Even if it was accidentally or not, Daisy should have just owned up to it and not let Gatsby take the blame. After the accident, Daisy and Tom were sitting in their house eating cold fried chicken, because everyone thought that since it was Gatsby’s car, he was the one that killed Myrtle. Nick sees Gatsby outside, and asks Gatsby if it was Daisy was the person driving the car. He revealed “Yes, but of course I’ll say I was” (Fitzgerald 143). Here, after Daisy’s reckless driving, she is so careless, she doesn’t even own up to it. In fact, Gatsby almost feels responsible to clean up her mess once again, take the blame, and clear any footprints Daisy may have left behind. This backs up the fact that Daisy is careless, because it ends up costing Gatsby to stay in his home for weeks, and eventually leads to his own