What Is Daisy Buchanan's Attitude In The Great Gatsby

In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan plays a significant role as a mother, wife, and lover to another man. Before her marriage with Tom at age nineteen, Daisy fell in love with Gatsby and was left heartbroken when he did not return from war. Her mother ended up forcing her into her marriage with Tom because Daisy received a letter from Gatsby and realized she still had feelings for him and did not want to marry Tom. Daisy went on to give birth to her daughter Pammy and although struggling in her relationship with Tom, she still wants to stay with him for the sake of her family and their image. Throughout the book, The Great Gatsby, Daisy demonstrates how she is discouraged, indecisive, and cowardly through her …show more content…
Throughout her life she has been let down repeatedly, mostly by men. Daisy feels she has been too smart for her own good, almost wishing she was less aware so she would not be able to see how people around her are constantly bringing her down. When she found out she was having a daughter, she said, “I hope she'll be a fool – that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” (21). The pain people she loves have caused on her has only caused her to lose courage in being truly happy and have affected her to the point where she wishes her daughter to be a fool so she won’t be let down and discouraged by the ones she …show more content…
As the book is coming towards an end Daisy drives off in Gatsby’s car with Gatsby in the passenger seat and on the way home she, “lost her nerve” and hit Myrtle which, “must have killed her instantly,” (151). After Daisy hit Myrtle she speeds off not realizing that she has killed Tom’s mistress and a wife to someone she does not even know. Everyone recognized the car and blamed the death on Gatsby. Gatsby does not speak up and say it wasn’t him only to protect Daisy. Daisy never gets the confidence to speak out and admit to her faults. This comes back to the point that Daisy is too worried about her image and how she will look in other people’s eyes than standing up and doing what is right. At the end of the book Gatsby gets shot to death because everyone still believed he was the reason for Myrtle’s death. Nick Carraway holds a funeral for Gatsby and Daisy could not even get over her cowardice to attend. By worrying more about her image, Daisy portrays herself as a coward in important