The True Nature of Daisy and Wickham
In every story, there is always that character that is more dislikable than the rest. In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, that person is Wickham. He is displayed as a charming gentleman, but readers eventually learn that he is not how he appears to be. While he appears to be charming, he is able to manipulate Elizabeth into admiring him. It is the same way in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, when it comes to Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is shown to be innocent and graceful, but that is not how readers view her by the end of the story. She was able to use her status of “old money” to draw Gatsby in, since he only wanted to on her same social level. She ended up deciding to stay with her husband, …show more content…
In chapter 15, it says, “His appearance was greatly in his favor; he had all the best part of beauty, a fine countenance, a good figure, and a very pleasing address.” (85) This shows that he has caught the attention of Elizabeth since she points out his appearance. This is similar to how Daisy first appears in The Great Gatsby. It says upon Nick’s first meeting with Daisy that she was sitting on an enormous couch which she was “buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon…[her dress] rippling and fluttering as if [she] had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.” (8) She appears as though she is the only light in this time period of liars and cheaters because the color white is assigned to her character. White is a pure innocent color so no one would expect Daisy could do any harm. This makes it easy for Daisy to fool readers and create an large shock when her true nature is revealed at the end of the novel. Both writers, Austen and Fitzgerald, use the characters’ appearance at first glance to throw the readers off. This is to disguise the character’s true nature, so the reader would not expect them to do anything
In every story, there is always that character that is more dislikable than the rest. In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, that person is Wickham. He is displayed as a charming gentleman, but readers eventually learn that he is not how he appears to be. While he appears to be charming, he is able to manipulate Elizabeth into admiring him. It is the same way in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, when it comes to Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is shown to be innocent and graceful, but that is not how readers view her by the end of the story. She was able to use her status of “old money” to draw Gatsby in, since he only wanted to on her same social level. She ended up deciding to stay with her husband, …show more content…
In chapter 15, it says, “His appearance was greatly in his favor; he had all the best part of beauty, a fine countenance, a good figure, and a very pleasing address.” (85) This shows that he has caught the attention of Elizabeth since she points out his appearance. This is similar to how Daisy first appears in The Great Gatsby. It says upon Nick’s first meeting with Daisy that she was sitting on an enormous couch which she was “buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon…[her dress] rippling and fluttering as if [she] had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.” (8) She appears as though she is the only light in this time period of liars and cheaters because the color white is assigned to her character. White is a pure innocent color so no one would expect Daisy could do any harm. This makes it easy for Daisy to fool readers and create an large shock when her true nature is revealed at the end of the novel. Both writers, Austen and Fitzgerald, use the characters’ appearance at first glance to throw the readers off. This is to disguise the character’s true nature, so the reader would not expect them to do anything