The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Yet his actions of following and having hope in her would lead him to find her actions not supporting what he wished for. Daisy wants to be a part of his life, yet her actions and decisions would hurt him both physically and mentally. She believed a life with Gatsby would finally fulfill her. When she decides to leave the hotel room after the argument, “Staying with Gatsby she decides to drive the car overwhelmed with anger and realizes her fun with Gatsby has ended”(Samkanashvili 48). All her expectations came to the reality that what she wanted was not going to ever be what she got. Only caring about herself and her issues, after that was when she killed Myrtle. “And as a result of Myrtle’s death Gatsby gets killed for Daisy’s foolish behavior”(Samkanashvili 48). Her unreasonable consciousness was not what could save Daisy now. What she did led to the death of the person we believe she loved, yet what she did for him was not very impressive. When Gatsby’s funeral came “Daisy hadn’t sent a message or a flower”(Fitzgerald 174). She did not want people to know she was caught up in this business. Daisy and Tom went away on a vacation to get away from what had happened. She never cared enough for Gatsby to risk her own appearance of being ruined through her mistakes and misjudgement. But her misstep was accompanied by the physical and

It’s a common misconception that money is equal to happiness, and Daisy is a sad, bored woman, afraid of the future. She is selfish and self centered, caring so much for the wealth that she believes will make her happy that in Chapter 7 her voice is said to be “full of money” (pg #). All the worse, when she kills Myrtle, she feels no remorse whatsoever, as she is incapable of caring for anyone but herself. Gatsby cannot see any of her bad qualities. He simply sees a beautiful young woman that he thinks he deserves. In chapter 8, Nick says that “It excited [Gatsby], too, that many men had already loved Daisy - it increased her value in his eyes.”(pg#). Gatsby is blinded by his desire for Daisy, fueled by the wants of other men, that he sees nothing bad about her. Daisy loved Tom and Gatsby equally and for the same reason: Their wealth. With Gatsby dead Daisy returns to Tom not even shaken by his death, and just as nick says they would do, they retreat from the chaos they cause into their money when they move away.

Daisy leaving Gatsby is one of the greatest examples of the moral decay of people in this time period with the growth in wealth. Her and Gatsby had something special together when they were younger and all of that was taken away when she had realized that social status meant more to her than her true feelings. “At his lips’ touch, she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”(Fitzgerald, 117). This is how she had really felt, she had wanted to kiss him and had loved Gatsby. He had waited for this moment with this “golden girl” forever and finally there was kissing her. They were young and in love. "She's not leaving me!" Tom's words suddenly leaned down over Gatsby. "Certainly

Both the book and the movie initially paint Daisy Buchanan as the innocent, beautiful little fool through their associations of beauty, light and purity with the character. However, as more of Daisy’s character is revealed, her selfish, shallow and thoughtless nature is displayed through her reckless actions and she proves herself to be like all the other conceited and careless elites of East Egg. While the movie and the book both stay true to this characterization of Daisy, the movie includes a scene between Gatsby and Daisy at one of Gatsby’s party which Tom, Nick and

Daisy’s unfaithful actions led up to many tragic events in the story. She kissed Gatsby while married to Tom still. On page 122 it says “As he left the room again she got up and went over to Gatsby, and pulled his face down kissing him on the mouth.” This shows how unfaithful she actually is and how strongly she led Gatsby on by doing this. If she just told Gatsby she doesn’t want to be unfaithful to Tom and to leave her alone, maybe Gatsby would of stopped trying to get to her. Instead of being a good wife to Tom she flirted back with Gatsby. She also says “I love you now, isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past” on page 140. She claims she loves both Tom Gatsby. She has always been unfaithful because she went on many dates while Gatsby was in war. On page 158 it says “Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates with half a dozen men.”

The Great Gatsby film compared to the novel is very fast and busy. It zips through all the details that Fitzgerald puts into the novel at such depth. Luhrmann skips through all of the important stuff and instead focus on the parties and the material goods that the characters possess and not so much there relationships with one another. In the book Fitzgerald describes things very well, but in the movie they only brush the surface of what Fitzgerald was trying the say. The parties are also very loud and they don’t seem to belong in the 1920’s.

Despite Daisy being a dislikeable character, there are some instances in which the reader feels sympathetic towards her. A big factor is the affair that Tom has with Myrtle. Daisy knows that what her husband is doing, but she still stays with him for the fact that they have a daughter together and for financial support. When Nick first sees Daisy's daughter, she says, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." By this she means that if her daughter is in the same position she is in her marriage, she won't know of the affair that her husband might have. The reader feels bad for Daisy because she is not being treated the way a wife is supposed to be treated. That is why she is yearning for love, and Gatsby was there to give it to her. Another time is at the hotel suite scene. She doesn't know who to choose from-Tom or Gatsby. She's torn between two lovers, and both of them have their own reasons for loving her, and why she should choose them. Gatsby has a lot to offer her, and loves her for who she is. He succeeded in life just to be with her. Although Tom is having an affair, he questions her about their love, and that Gatsby cannot take his place.

Daisy clearly demonstrates some feelings for Gatsby shown when she sees his mansion and shirts for the first time. ‘“They’re such beautiful shirts,” She sobbed”’(92). This quote demonstrates the moment of Daisy finally realizing what she could’ve had. She decided to marry Tom, because he was the most successful, but now Gatsby is wealthy. It was apparent that the wealth

In the book she described as shallow and shy and no one is supposed to feel sorry for her. On P92. “It makes me sad, because I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before”. She is feeling bad about herself because she married tom and is missing out of Gatsby’s wealth. In the book you can’t tell the romance between Gatsby and Daisy.

The joy that money can buy is temporary and fleeting. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how wealth and the pursuit of internal gain often destroys morals. In order for Gatsby earn Daisy’s love, he needed to acquire wealth which led him to destroy his morals. In this novel relationships are destroyed by wealth and the misjudgments of morals. NEED SOMETHING ABOUT BEHAVIOURS AND MATERIAL WEALTH. This novel proves that money can only buy temporary joy and that wealth and internal gain wrecks morals.

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In the movie, Daisy was portrayed as a mild and meek version of herself in the book because key scenes that develop and show Daisy’s true personality are left out of the movie; which makes her keep her innocent and pure image. One of the scenes where Daisy’s personality began showing was when Gatsby met Pammy (Daisy’s daughter). The Buchanan's hired a nanny to raise Pammy into what Daisy considers a 'proper woman' and the nanny is the closest person to a mother in Pammy’s life. Daisy only allows Pammy into her life when it is convenient for her, like using Pammy to show off her accomplishments as a mother. Daisy said to Gatsby that she thinks girls need to be pretty and stupid and not smart, which gives a lot of insight into what the world was like in the 1920s when sexism was more overt than it is now, and when women were expected to do what was considered 'feminine'. Without Pammy in the movie, Daisy isn’t portrayed as very materialistic and makes her actions later in the movie more

After re-reading from chapter 4 through the end of the book, I have realized how hypocritical Daisy and Tom are. Neither one of them want the other person to have an affair, yet both of them have one anyway. Tom feels as though a man is entitled to a wife and a woman on the side, yet he doesn’t believe that Daisy deserves the same thing. I have also realized that Gatsby’s love for Daisy is really just his love of their past relationship. Both Daisy and Gatsby long for the relationship they had five years ago, and don’t seem to understand that their relationship can never go back to how it was. As a result of Gatsby’s love for Daisy, he becomes blind to her faults, even going as far as blaming Daisy’s actions on Tom. The final thing I have noticed

In the scene it is evident that Daisy has a little to no say on the matter, which is very bizarre considering how much general influence she has. Fitzgerald makes it clear that Gatsby feels as if Daisy is his possession and not Toms. An extract from the text says this; “Your wife doesn’t love you,” said Gatsby. “She’s never loved you. She loves me.”. Throughout the scene it's apparent that Daisy is reluctant to agree nor disagree as she is in a very difficult position, but none of this is taken into account by Tom nor Gatsby as they don't care. This desperate fight over one women says a lot about how women were viewed at the time by society. They were often viewed as 'toys' of men and that men can always speak on behalf of them and control them.

After World War I, America offered the potential for boundless financial and social opportunities for those willing to work hard—an American Dream. The American Dream is defined as someone starting low on the economic or social level, and working hard towards prosperity and or wealth and fame. Establishing fame, becoming wealthy, having lavish luxuries, and a happy family would come to symbolize this dream. For some, however, striving for and realizing that dream ruined them, as many acquired wealth only to pursue pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby appear to relish the freedom of the 1920s, their lives demonstrate the emptiness that results when wealth and pleasure become ends in themselves. Specifically, the empty lives of three characters from this novel— George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy Buchanan—show that chasing hollow dreams results only in misery.