American Literature Character Sketch-The Great Gatsby-Daisy (0)

Character Sketch – Daisy
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful young woman from Louisville. She is the cousin of the novel ’s narrator Nick Carrayway and the love interest of Jay Gatsby. She is married to an extremely rich and arrogant man called Tom Buchanan. Tom and Nick are acquaintances from college.
Daisy-s appearance and the long-lasting impression she left on men is described through her voice by her cousin Nick.
I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice. It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again . Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget : a singing compulsion.
Jay Gatsby is the one who fell for Daisy’s seductive and unforgettable character. To him, Daisy is the embodiment of perfection.
Daisy and Jay were in a relationship long, long time ago when they were young and way before Jay left to go to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for him, but instead she married Tom who promised her a wealthy and otherwise great life. To Gatsby, Daisy is charming, sophisticated and all other great things but in reality she is a shallow person who is in love with money and materialistic things. The love of Daisy is actually what drove Jay to reinvent himself and acquire extreme wealth through criminal actions .
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
It was Nick, her cousin, who saw her for what she really was-a careless woman, who didn’t consider to think twice about her actions and the mess she made nor who had to clean it up. She is unable to deal with the consequences of her actions.
She can also be described childish and indecisive. I did love him once , but I loved you too. She had difficulties choosing between the two men who both wanted her. She married Tom without thinking it through which only shows her main interest and goal in that was money and wealth not the man himself.
In first glance, Daisy is a very sweet and charming person, but once I got to know her better throughout the book, it wasn’t so. She wasn’t the woman Gatsby thought she was, she was all about money and only cared what money could get her. Even though she claimed to love both men (Tom and Jay), I think what she loved the most was the lifestyle the men provided her. At the end of the book Daisy moved away with Tom. I think they were perfect for each other because tom was also very arrogant and full of himself, both were unable to feel guilt or be responsible for anything .
I couldn’t say I liked her character too much. I actually strongly dislike narrow -minded people like her in real life. She was just a simple gold -digger. Beautiful from the outside , nothing special inside.
Liisa -Maria Pihlak , 12B