Examples Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby

The high society of the twenties is best portrayed by Daisy Buchanan. Daisy has beauty and charm, but underneath all of that, corruption turned her to extreme selfishness and materialism. She represents the time period that “The Great Gatsby” took place because she was ruled by money and greed, like many other characters at this time. As stated by Nick Carraway, “Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated into their money or their vast carelessness…” (179). Throughout the novel Fitzgerald describes most of the characters to rely on their money, just as Daisy had. Daisy also is very selfish and she always wants to be the center of attention. Throughout the book, the only time Daisy is shown paying any attention