Only after finishing reading the
book is when we find out the true identity of Daisy Buchanan.As described in the first chapters
of the book, she is a very beautiful and charming young woman. She comes from a
very wealthy family and has a great reputation. She is very popular, and always
had been. Many girls admire everything about Daisy, men as well, especially
soldiers. When she was single, many soldiers called to her house to have a date
with her to try to win her love; between them was Gatsby. Gatsby fell in love
with Daisy (and with her social status) so he lied to her about his precarious background,
Daisy also seemed to have fallen in love with him. Soon he had to go to war,
and she promised she will wait for him… but later she got married to Tom
Buchanan, maybe because she loved him, mostly because he had the desired wealth
to give her everything she wished for.
When Gatsby returned from the war he set a single goal for his life, to win back Daisy. He made his way through with dangerous business and finally enough wealth to make huge parties every weekend with the hope that Daisy someday would show up. He learned the hard way. Daisy is not interested in the “new rich”, she is very superficial. For her the only thing that matters is money. There are many sections throughout the book that gives us hints to infer Daisy’s real personality but it all turns clear at the end. While driving Gatsby’s car she runs over a woman but does not take the guilt for it and leaves Gatsby with the consequences. The woman’s husband finds out that the car belongs to Gatsby and comes to his house and kills him. We might think that Daisy at least would come to the funeral but she never came, instead she moves away with Tom leaving no address to reach them. Daisy turns out to be an extremely disappointing person; moreover, the cause of all problems.
When Gatsby returned from the war he set a single goal for his life, to win back Daisy. He made his way through with dangerous business and finally enough wealth to make huge parties every weekend with the hope that Daisy someday would show up. He learned the hard way. Daisy is not interested in the “new rich”, she is very superficial. For her the only thing that matters is money. There are many sections throughout the book that gives us hints to infer Daisy’s real personality but it all turns clear at the end. While driving Gatsby’s car she runs over a woman but does not take the guilt for it and leaves Gatsby with the consequences. The woman’s husband finds out that the car belongs to Gatsby and comes to his house and kills him. We might think that Daisy at least would come to the funeral but she never came, instead she moves away with Tom leaving no address to reach them. Daisy turns out to be an extremely disappointing person; moreover, the cause of all problems.
Picture: Daisy hits Myrtle while driving Gatsby's car. http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Baz-luhrmann-the-great-gatsby-trailer-2-lyrics#note-1722049
