The Great Gatsby Beautiful fool
The Beautiful Fool
The Great Gatsby is a well-known novel written through an outsider’s perspective of the lives of those of elite society with opulent wealth. It is set in the 1920’s, where women had very little rights and were inferior to men. Within the novel, the main female character Daisy is seen as an appealing character that many assume to be very simple-minded and unintelligent. Although looking deeper into the character’s choice of words one can suggest otherwise. Daisy is in fact extremely manipulative, sarcastic, and fully aware of her place in the world as a woman of that time. “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” Based on this quote, one can infer that Daisy is not a fool; in fact she is a very bright girl.
Daisy is a beautiful girl who knows how to use her charm and beauty to manipulate others into believing what she wants them to believe about her. “She held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see.” Daisy fakes insincerity by winning people over with her charming words; she does this because she is extremely vain and wants people to fawn over her. “There was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.” Daisy had this way about her; her voice was a thrilling murmur, one that had an overwhelming magnetic effect on people, making them lean in towards her when she spoke and desire her.
Daisy is completely aware she is married to a moron. She is constantly outwitting Tom with her sharp digs of sarcasm “Tom’s getting very profound. He reads deep books with long words in them.” Tom is in fact so brainless that he doesn’t even realize she is mocking him. Daisy is also aware that Tom is having an affair,
The Great Gatsby is a well-known novel written through an outsider’s perspective of the lives of those of elite society with opulent wealth. It is set in the 1920’s, where women had very little rights and were inferior to men. Within the novel, the main female character Daisy is seen as an appealing character that many assume to be very simple-minded and unintelligent. Although looking deeper into the character’s choice of words one can suggest otherwise. Daisy is in fact extremely manipulative, sarcastic, and fully aware of her place in the world as a woman of that time. “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” Based on this quote, one can infer that Daisy is not a fool; in fact she is a very bright girl.
Daisy is a beautiful girl who knows how to use her charm and beauty to manipulate others into believing what she wants them to believe about her. “She held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see.” Daisy fakes insincerity by winning people over with her charming words; she does this because she is extremely vain and wants people to fawn over her. “There was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.” Daisy had this way about her; her voice was a thrilling murmur, one that had an overwhelming magnetic effect on people, making them lean in towards her when she spoke and desire her.
Daisy is completely aware she is married to a moron. She is constantly outwitting Tom with her sharp digs of sarcasm “Tom’s getting very profound. He reads deep books with long words in them.” Tom is in fact so brainless that he doesn’t even realize she is mocking him. Daisy is also aware that Tom is having an affair,