What Does Daisy Miller Represent America

America vs Europe Back in the 19th century when America was newly formed and was on the verge of developing, people from all around the world were coming to the U.S looking for more opportunities and success. As a result, American societies and their culture became more diverse. In the story, Daisy Miller, Henry James compared the values that people follow in the America and Europe. He did so by presenting main characters from different locations and compared their values and beliefs. Miller’s family, especially Daisy Miller, one of the main characters of the story represents America and its values. Whereas, there are several characters who represent Europe. As it is shown in the story, Daisy Miller is quite irresponsible and do not really care about what other people thinks of her actions. Even after being warned by different people, she stays with her decisions. In other words, she is very stubborn. Some of her actions in the story show that she is also immature and quick to make decisions without thinking of the consequences. For example, her decision to flirt with as many men as she
Walker. She was unable to merge into the European culture. Surprisingly, she didn’t even tried to understand them. Mrs. Walker warned her on different occasions about how she should behave; however, she did not pay any attention to it. She acted like a free bird. She wasn’t treated unjustly, because she was an adult and she should have acted like one. One can argue that she was new there and did not have any idea about their culture; however, Winterbourne and Mrs. Walker tried to warn her frequently. Surprisingly, for some reason, she was determined not to listen to them and follow the advice. Perhaps, she did not wants to feel inferior to anyone. Her death was a result of her reckless decisions that she made without knowing much about the place and the