Daisy Buchanan In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald has many characters that are introduced in the beginning chapters of the novel. Some of the characters were Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker, Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and lasty Daisy Buchanan. Daisy Buchanan stuck out the most to throughout the novel. Daisy shows to be a victim, a siren, and a temptress. Daisy is a victim to her husband Tom Buchanan. Tom uses his power to control his wife Daisy. Daisy has a hurt hand “‘Look!’ She complained; ‘I hurt it.’ We all looked-- the knuckle was black and blue. ‘You did it, Tom,’ she said accusingly. ‘I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big hulking physical specimen of a—’” (Fitzgerald 12). Throughout the novel, Daisy is shown to be Tom’s showcase wife. Daisy fell victim to Tom cheating on her

When Nick went to have dinner at the Buchanan’s, Daisy’s “charming little laugh” (Fitzgerald 8) made Nick feel invited into the home. Daisy gives a sense of comfort. Another time Daisy showed to be a siren was when Tom was absent from the table, “Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing” (Fitzgerald 14). A siren draws men into their traps, like Daisy draws Gatsby and others into her own corrupted life. There’s also excitement and promise in her voice. Daisy has “the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again” (Settle 11). The energy flow of her voice brings the excitement and promise to draw people in to listen. Daisy’s “face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget” (Settle 11). The way Daisy carries herself and the way she speaks draw men in like Gatsby and Tom. Daisy married Tom and Gatsby is struggling to leave Daisy in the past because he cannot let her