The Distortion Of An IdealEssay Preview: The Distortion Of An IdealReport this essayVindictive, malicious, and belligerent. Many words can be used to define the personality of one whose narrow mind never extends past the addictive seize of power, charm and money. Born into the acrid embracement of the 1920s extravagance, Daisy Buchanan remains the wife of the lavishly wealthy Tom Buchanan, past lover of the fabulously excessive Jay Gatsby, and cousin to narrator Nick Carraway. In the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald how Daisys shallow character is revealed through her love of money, her selfishness and her carelessness.
Daisys love of money leads to her living a one-dimensional, shallow life. Although Daisy seems to have found love in her reunion with Gatsby, closer examination reveals that is not at all true. Daisys superficial attraction to Gatsby is shown clearly when Daisy is shown Gatsbys house for the first time:
He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one, before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray. While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher-shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids and coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange, with monograms of Indian blue. Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.
“Theyre such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because Ive never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.” (Fitzgerald, 92)
For Daisy, the shirts represent wealth and means, and as she sobs into them, she displays her utter concern in materialism. She doesnt cry because she has been reunited with Gatsby, she cries because of the pure satisfaction all his material wealth brings her. Gatsby uses his wealth to obtain a character that does not so much love him, but the objects in his life. When first meeting after many years, Gatsby walked in as “the front door opened nervously, and Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie, hurried in.” (Fitzgerald, 84) Gatsby even covers his body with the color of money, in an attempt to charm the unloving eyes of Daisy. Perhaps Gatsby is a fool for thinking that he can charm somebody into loving him, for even he can honestly and bluntly say, “Her voice is full of money.” (Fitzgerald, 120) Tom and Daisy both came from the upper class of society. Tom had old money, meaning that he and his family had been wealthy for many years. Daisy claims that she was in love with Gatsby, but he did not have the money she was expected to marry. Therefore, when Tom was introduced to Daisy, she saw an opportunity to marry a person who was wealthy enough to provide the life she was accustomed to. Tom and Daisys common denominator was money, and it was what kept them together. Daisy is so spoiled that she thinks she can do whatever she wants and get away with it because she is rich and beautiful. She puts up a front of being a loyal wife and sophisticated, but in actuality she cant give up her money and marriage with Tom for Gatsby. Daisy acts like a child and picks the easier and more lavish way out: Tom. From the very first moment we meet Daisy, we understand that she is spoiled. She knows how to get around with men, and she uses her femininity to its fullest. “She had the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down. Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a big, passionate mouth, there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget”. (Fitzgerald, 9) Fitzgerald portrays Daisy as a Southern belle from Louisville, Kentucky. All her life her family and different men, who grant her almost anything, have spoiled her.
Daisy is also and selfish, and often egocentric, woman. This is shown mainly through the lack of mention of her daughter throughout the novel, and her own selfish thoughts of what she wants her daughter to be. She is indifferent even to her own infant child, never discussing her, and treating her as an afterthought when she introduced in Chapter VII. When Nick asks about her daughter, Daisy gives a short, one-line answer. Later on, when we meet and learn of Pammy, she only makes a small appearance. Daisy treats her like an object, showing her off for guests, suggesting Daisys lack of concern for her child. Daisys like revolves around Daisy, allowing Pammy in only when it is convenient. Most men are fascinated by her, and Daisy enjoys being the center of attention for her own gain. She falls in love with Jay Gatsby, but he has no
s. She spends a great deal of her time in the “love group” and does so with ease. Daisy’s sexual desires and feelings for Jay, as well as her lack of concern for his wife’s welfare, is reflected in both her and Nick’s relationships. At one time, Daisy seemed to be interested in her husband in a love letter, but his father had not heard that from Nick. She appears close to Nick when he is not around to see her. After a few scenes with Daisys and Nick, they move on to discuss things, though Daisys remains a troubled and jealous girl when she is with her mother. At some point, she becomes suspicious of Jay’s presence, and says she would love to sleep with him, and this would be considered a serious threat of an invasion. She is also very flirtatious with Dylannes’ daughter, who apparently never even knows Daisys at all, a fact that doesn’t change much once the episode’s credits begin. In Season Four, she is not shown playing a role or any other part in any of the series’ central storylines. A few scenes later, as Daisys appears to be a prisoner in a prison, the prison’s guards notice Daisys. As in any romance plot, this episode has been heavily written over, but without it being fully appreciated, it’s possible that Daisys is simply being more of a pawn in some of the events of the series, though perhaps not the main antagonists. Daisys’ interactions with Dylannes during the trial was an important part of the first half, and she was later given his hand. It’s possible that other villains are involved—perhaps more so: the plot is focused on their motives for taking the trials and Dylannes is in bed with Dylannes’ wife. As in many episodes of this series, there are more hints and hints of events throughout the book, and the storyline itself is more complex than on Game of Thrones or the show, which was made considerably more complicated by the lack of time available in the fourth and fifth seasons. Several scenes throughout both sides of Daisys’ story are featured on the book, as well as one of the most intriguing ones: the discovery of a mysterious black ring on a tree during a visit to Gondor’s capital. One of the most interesting scenes depicts the events through Nick’s eyes, and Nick makes a statement on her side: her daughter had been in the “love group” and did not want her. On the next reading of the book it is revealed that Dylannes wanted a child as a revenge to Daisys for her engagement to Nick. She even wants Daisy to come with her. This is somewhat like what Daisys did later in the book before she becomes a prostitute; she wants Daisys to have a child for Nick. The entire book was divided into three chapters, which make it slightly different from the show’s other eight episodes. The first chapter of the first chapter—and even later episode—discussed the family, which was discussed by Daisys in the first chapter and subsequently in the sixth installment of the series’ third season. The second chapter,