Daisy Buchanan is a very prominent character in the book, “The Great Gatsby” playing the role of both Toms’ and Gatsby's lover, creating conflict between the two. Throughout the story, you slowly get a better idea of who Daisy Buchanan really is and how she differs from when we first see her at the beginning.
In the text, Daisy’s physical appearance isn’t described fully but you do get the impression that she is quite beautiful and carries herself as if she knows her status. She also seems to be fully aware of her wealth and wears it with pride. The book is set in the 1920s, a time when flappers were becoming popular, with the wage gap also widening between the rich and the poor. It is easy to tell that Daisy is influenced by her time by the way she thinks and her actions and reactions to her situation. She is always acting in a way that is appropriate for her time, according to how society views women, stressing the fact that the best a woman can be is, “a beautiful little fool”. …show more content…
She is very money hungry, often being described as having “a voice full of money”. She has always wanted to live a wealthy life full of expensive accessories and has ever since she was born. One of the reasons she didn’t marry Gatsby and instead married Tom is Gatsby was poor and she could wait no longer. Her appearance and reputation are also valuable to Daisy, for example she stayed married to Tom even though he was cheating on her with another woman that she new about because of his status and wealth. At the start of the book, Daisy is associated with a few positive traits such as innocence, purity and kindness but it becomes clearer at the end that these are, in fact, not who she really
In the text, Daisy’s physical appearance isn’t described fully but you do get the impression that she is quite beautiful and carries herself as if she knows her status. She also seems to be fully aware of her wealth and wears it with pride. The book is set in the 1920s, a time when flappers were becoming popular, with the wage gap also widening between the rich and the poor. It is easy to tell that Daisy is influenced by her time by the way she thinks and her actions and reactions to her situation. She is always acting in a way that is appropriate for her time, according to how society views women, stressing the fact that the best a woman can be is, “a beautiful little fool”. …show more content…
She is very money hungry, often being described as having “a voice full of money”. She has always wanted to live a wealthy life full of expensive accessories and has ever since she was born. One of the reasons she didn’t marry Gatsby and instead married Tom is Gatsby was poor and she could wait no longer. Her appearance and reputation are also valuable to Daisy, for example she stayed married to Tom even though he was cheating on her with another woman that she new about because of his status and wealth. At the start of the book, Daisy is associated with a few positive traits such as innocence, purity and kindness but it becomes clearer at the end that these are, in fact, not who she really