Literary Analysis Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby
Sophia Santos
Seeck
Junior English Per. 7
2 October 2015
Blinded by Wealth
F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, emphasizes the ideas of purity throughout the novel. From realizing the actions of Daisy, the readers notice how she is portrayed as pure, but truly is not. On the surface, she maintains this illusion of innocence, however her actions are corrupt. She believes that money, power, reputation, and her position in society are more important than everything else; which also displays acts of selfishness. Daisy is often wearing white, the symbol of innocence. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the color white to ironically represent purity in order to illustrate one of the main character's true personality.
Fitzgerald builds Daisy’s …show more content…
Tom, her husband, commits unworthy actions that a husband should not do, but is very wealthy. Instead of being with a man who she truly desires to be with, she would rather be with a man that had more money from the beginning. In an argumentative discussion, Daisy communicates to Gatsby that she “did love [Tom] once but [she] loves him too” (140). Since Daisy is torn between the concept of money and love, she does not know who she desires to be with. However, a physical interaction between Gatsby and Daisy made Gatsby’s “heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own”(117). This shows that Daisy does have an attraction towards Gatsby, but prefers the benefits she receives by being married to Tom. If she was pure and innocent as her white colored face, she would not use her husband for …show more content…
Daisy was part of killing Myrtle, but Gatsby was the one who took the blame. Afterwards, Gatsby, who worried most about Daisy, checked for any commotion while Tom and Daisy sat at the kitchen table, but he could tell that “there was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy… and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together”(152-153). Fitzgerald describes Gatsby watching over Daisy to make sure she is alright, while she sits with her husband, contently, like nothing had ever happened. If she was innocent, she would have been honest about killing Myrtle instead of letting Gatsby take the blame.
In the The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald elaborates the color white to represent purity and how it is a color worn by people who have feign personalities. White is a color used often to show how someone might seem innocent on the outside, but they are not who people truly think they are. Daisy uses people to get what she wants and lets other people, such as Gatsby, clean up her mess. Although Fitzgerald describes Daisy enough to make her worthy of Gatsby’s ultimate desire, in the end, her real intentions are
Seeck
Junior English Per. 7
2 October 2015
Blinded by Wealth
F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, emphasizes the ideas of purity throughout the novel. From realizing the actions of Daisy, the readers notice how she is portrayed as pure, but truly is not. On the surface, she maintains this illusion of innocence, however her actions are corrupt. She believes that money, power, reputation, and her position in society are more important than everything else; which also displays acts of selfishness. Daisy is often wearing white, the symbol of innocence. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the color white to ironically represent purity in order to illustrate one of the main character's true personality.
Fitzgerald builds Daisy’s …show more content…
Tom, her husband, commits unworthy actions that a husband should not do, but is very wealthy. Instead of being with a man who she truly desires to be with, she would rather be with a man that had more money from the beginning. In an argumentative discussion, Daisy communicates to Gatsby that she “did love [Tom] once but [she] loves him too” (140). Since Daisy is torn between the concept of money and love, she does not know who she desires to be with. However, a physical interaction between Gatsby and Daisy made Gatsby’s “heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own”(117). This shows that Daisy does have an attraction towards Gatsby, but prefers the benefits she receives by being married to Tom. If she was pure and innocent as her white colored face, she would not use her husband for …show more content…
Daisy was part of killing Myrtle, but Gatsby was the one who took the blame. Afterwards, Gatsby, who worried most about Daisy, checked for any commotion while Tom and Daisy sat at the kitchen table, but he could tell that “there was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy… and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together”(152-153). Fitzgerald describes Gatsby watching over Daisy to make sure she is alright, while she sits with her husband, contently, like nothing had ever happened. If she was innocent, she would have been honest about killing Myrtle instead of letting Gatsby take the blame.
In the The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald elaborates the color white to represent purity and how it is a color worn by people who have feign personalities. White is a color used often to show how someone might seem innocent on the outside, but they are not who people truly think they are. Daisy uses people to get what she wants and lets other people, such as Gatsby, clean up her mess. Although Fitzgerald describes Daisy enough to make her worthy of Gatsby’s ultimate desire, in the end, her real intentions are