Daisy Buchanan : The Great Gatsby Essay -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Behind every great man is a beautiful, enchant maiden who holds his kernel. What if this cleaning lady was not absorbed with taking care of his heart but was completely absorbed with money, reputation, and her own needs. In Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, Mrs. Daisy Fay Buchanan is the goal of affection or the rock of Gatsbys world.(99) All Daisys life she has wanted to be noticed, to be heard, and to be cheatd. However, when everything she has always wanted is being held in her hands, in the general anatomy of Gatsby, Daisy chooses money as her form of happiness ultimately trail to her misery. Daisys action and choices are extremely defined by her East en way of life, which is a representation of old money and high clique society within the novel. In short, Daisy thinks with her wallet instead of using her ordinary sense, her head, or her heart. When reading the novel it seemsthe thing for Daisy to do is to leave Tom, child in arms(20) but unfortunately there are no such intentions in her head. The reason being, Tom is her financial provider and equalize socially. Even though Gatsby has enough money to support her now with his medicine stores he leave behind always be nouveau riche, a continuous flaw, tally to Daisys high class standards of life. If Daisy was not of high society or hold in money, she would lose what little power and influence she possesses as a woman of the 1920s. Some one as egoistical as Daisy cannot bare to be as unacknowledged like lower class society, but because Daisy is an unsubstantial beauty with money and charm her voice remains heard. At what apostrophize does Daisy pay to keep her voice heard? Money allows her a form of power, yet her face is sad and lo... ...burning and the heat is to the point of fatality Daisy solely has Tom on her mind. Or it could mean Gatsbys love for Daisy makes the world away(p) around her so pleasant while Tom and his money creates nada but a heat equal to burning fire and native sulfur for Daisys life. Though Gatsby is a great man and Daisy is the definition of charm and beauty, she will never allow herself to hold his heart. Daisys love for money, her reputation, and her own needs sire ultimately led to her down fall. Daisy chose to marry Tom and his wealth everyplace being Gatsbys foundation of love. Daisy believed money would give her the attention, giver her the voice, and give her the love she wanted all her life. However, all she has received from pursuing money is misery. whole works Cited Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York Scribner, 1925.