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Examples Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby

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“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” Many girls in the world pretend to be something they’re not, but pretending to be stupid is the most common. The rich and beautiful Daisy Buchanan acts as if she doesn’t understand everything that goes on around her, like the way she plays Tom and Gatsby for her own benefit shows how smart and deceptive she actually is. Deceitfulness is something Daisy Buchanan is very good at. For example, while outside talking to Nick the night of his first dinner at the Buchanan’s, Daisy says”[that] the best thing a girl can be, [is] a beautiful little fool.”(Fitzgerald) This shows that Daisy believes that a girl should pretend to be stupid around dominant people to get by. When Nick came to see Daisy she said that she was extremely happy to see him and then laughed “as if she said something very witty.”(Fitzgerald) This shows that Daisy is trying to show other people that she thinks she’s smart. On the same night at the Buchanan’s, Daisy asked “What Gatsby?” as if she didn’t know.(Fitzgerald) This shows that Daisy is again pretending to be oblivious to the fact that she knows exactly what’s going on. Everybody thinks Daisy is stupid, but she has them fooled. …show more content…

The night of Gatsby’s party ”Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy’s running around alone,” or so he thought she was alone.(Fitzgerald) This shows that Daisy was hiding the fact that she was with Gatsby. While at Nick’s for tea with Gatsby, Daisy says she is “awfully glad to see him,” even though she has been married the past five years.(Fitzgerald) This shows that all this time while being married she has Daisy has kept on loving Gatsby. On the way to the Plaza Hotel Daisy decided to split up,“You take Nick and Jordan. We’ll follow you in the coupe.” (Fitzgerald) This shows that yet again Daisy chose Gatsby over Tom, but this time to his face. Daisy became more fond of Gatsby, but that is soon to

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