Examples Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby

From reading the book The Great Gatsby, I have drawn the conclusion that Daisy is far from being a victim. Her actions have shown that she is an evil bitch. Within the first chapter, she is characterized as artificial and weak and as the book digs deeper into her characterization she is then proven to be selfish and careless as well. Nick Carraway, the narrator’s first visit with Daisy portrayed her as angelic with her sitting on an “ enormous couch . . . buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon . . . [her dress] rippling and fluttering as if [she] had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.” She even uses endearing words with everyone she talks to charming them into thinking whatever they are speaking about is the most important thing in the world to her. The way I interpret the endearing words within every sentence she speaks is just fake. Right away she did not seem as genuine to me. Within this same chapter she spoke of her daughters birth with Tom “god knows where” and how she “wept” because she was a female and (she will) “ ‘hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this

If she really did care about Tom cheating and did not just think about how much fame and fortune they had together, she could have easily left him. She is weak minded and has the idea that being a man is WAY better than being a woman although Jordan Baker, her best friend, is a single woman and a noteworthy golfer. The way Daisy is portrayed is pathetic. In fact, it angers me. She’s a disappointment to all women and probably the worst character in this book. So far in this book within the years that Daisy and Tom have been together we know that Tom has had an affair with at least two females. Her decision was to stay with him, so in my opinion it was no ones fault but her that shes with a man who keeps cheating and she was not so