Causes Of Daisy Responsible For The Downfall Of Gatsby

Many young people today just jump into relationships “cause Suzie is the pretty strawberry blonde across the street” or “Max is just so cute.” This is not very wise, especially since these relationships where someone does not care about a person’s inside nature and only their outside qualities or behaviors almost always end up failing. In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is a self-absorbed, vacuous socialite whose decisions lead to the destruction of both Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson. From exploiting Gatsby repeatedly over time, as well as acting carelessly in her marriage, Daisy ultimately causes the demise of Gatsby and Myrtle. Therefore, Daisy’s unforgivable actions and selfish behavior, cause the deaths

However, even in their past relationship Daisy still took advantage of young Gatsby. Daisy first abused Gatsby’s faith in her when she promised to wait for him to return from war. Gatsby left for war, he left confident that Daisy would wait for him to return. However, she quickly moved to dating other men since she cannot bear going without her lavish and perfect lifestyle. Critic Allison Houck describes Daisy’s fickle nature, “Despite Gatsby’s apparent wealth… Daisy will not wait for him to return. She is so obsessed with maintaining her lifestyle, and having financial security, that she cannot even wait for someone she supposedly loves to return from war” (Houck). Houck’s analysis of Daisy illustrates that Daisy is a fragile woman who is scared to give up her near perfect

However, as the novel reaches its climax, Daisy’s selfishness is again revealed. After the fatal automobile accident that left Myrtle Wilson dead, Nick met Gatsby outside the Buchanan house where Gatsby told Nick what had actually transpired: “ ‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes,’ He said after a moment, ‘But of course I’ll say I was’ ” (Fitzgerald 144). After Gatsby described the events to Nick, he tells him that he is willing to take all the blame for Daisy’s actions. It was extremely irresponsible for Daisy to just let Gatsby take the fall for her actions. When Daisy let Gatsby take all the blame, Gatsby’s fate was sealed in blood. Although it can be inferred that Daisy was simply too afraid to take the blame for her actions since she is“innocent”. However Daisy’s devious intentions are observed by Nick when he was outside with Gatsby. Nick states that, “Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table...there was an air of intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together” (Fitzgerald 146). After learning of Gatsby’s less than ethical ways of earning his fortune, the fickle Daisy Buchanan changes her mind about leaving Tom and the pair remain wedded even though Daisy promised to Gatsby numerous times that she would leave Tom for