Examples Of Daisy's Voice In The Great Gatsby

Every individual can be described by a group of characteristics, such as their height, hair colour, attitude and their voice, to name a few. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy’s voice is something often used to distinguish her from other people. People describe Daisy by the way that she speaks, however no one knows what really makes her voice so different. Throughout Fitzgerald’s novel, Daisy’s voice can be described as a charming murmur, then they realize that her voice is full of money. Not long after realizing that, Daisy’s voice is silenced by Gatsby and Tom. Daisy’s voice can relate to the emotions that she feels as the novel unfolds. The main reason Daisy’s voice is well known by the other characters in the novel is because

Jordan says to Nick, “perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all – and yet there’s something in that voice of hers . . .” (78), as she wraps up the meeting with Nick. Jordan suggests that maybe her voice is not so full of charm and love, like people make it to be. Maybe she is in the relationship with Tom for other reasons, after all Daisy was seen together with many other men, so what made her settle down with Tom? While Gatsby was away in the war, Daisy impatiently sat at home wondering if waiting for Gatsby was going to be in her best interest. Daisy grew restless and, “wanted her life shaped now, immediately – and the decision must be made by some force – of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality – that was close at hand” (152). Daisy needed someone she could call hers and ultimately realized that her and Gatsby were not going to work out. That is when Tom comes along and Daisy finally settles down. Before Tom and Gatsby get into an argument at the hotel and tension begins to rise, Gatsby suddenly realizes that Daisy’s voice is full of money. Nick agrees completely, “that was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it” (120). As things start to turn bad between Tom and Gatsby, Daisy’s voice starts to change and

Gatsby confesses to Nick that, “he wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’” (111). Daisy may have loved him at one point however, now that she is married to Tom and had a child, she cannot just go back to him. Another thing holding Daisy back from leaving Tom is Gatsby and the way her acquired all of his money. Unlike Tom whose money has been in the family for a long time, Gatsby resorted to crime for his money. Gatsby does not think that things like money or a child should get in the way of what Daisy really wants. That is why he becomes impatient with her and decides that he will have to tell Tom himself that Daisy never loved him. When Gatsby tells him, he demands Daisy to sit down, “what’s been going on? I want to hear all about it”, but Gatsby interrupts, “I told you what’s been going on. Going on for five years – and you didn’t know” (131). Daisy remains silent as Tom reefers to the whole incident as one of Daisy’s foolish ideas that she gets from time to time. Tom and Gatsby tell one another what they would want Daisy to say without letting her have any input. As the small feud subsides Daisy speaks up again by saying, “I never loved him” (133), which is exactly what Gatsby had wanted her to say in the first