Examples Of Daisy's Voice In The Great Gatsby

29. Nick finally comes to realize the power held by Daisy’s voice, which has continually pulled Gatsby towards her. As Nick spoke to Gatsby he came understand how Daisy’s voice is “full of money” (120 Fitzgerald), a major reason why Gatsby loved her. That his dream was to fall in love with the “golden girl” who lived “high in a white palace” (120 Fitzgerald) emphasizing the wealth sought by Gatsby. Moreover, the charm of her voice displays how growing up rich in the affluent East morphed her life as she never was exposed to the feelings of average people such as Gatsby. Therefore, Fitzgerald crafts the charm of Daisy’s voice to connect her with the “vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty” which defines the business of Nick’s “Father” (98 Fitzgerald).

The similar circumstance that has been revealed to both Tom and to Wilson is that their wives are currently having affairs. While Tom has been doing research on the truth behind Gatsby, he has developed a sense that something inconspicuous was happening between Daisy and Gatsby. The truth of the situation is proclaimed in chapter six as Daisy professes her love for Gatsby, which Tom is unable to believe. Similarly, Wilson has learned that his wife has been having an affair with another man. However, he learns about it on his own without aid from any parties or ever blatantly seeing the affair occurring. Instead through various pieces of evidence he finds such as a dog leash, constructing the notion in his head that an affair is occurring. Moreover, Tom and Wilson are similar in that they hide their feelings for their wife until the affairs are discovered. That once the stability of their love has been broken, they will do whatever it takes to keep their wives for

As Gatsby argues with Tom over his love for Daisy, Nick develops a fascination with Tom’s transition from “libertine to prig” (130 Fitzgerald). Throughout the novel, Tom is depicted as a white supremacist focused on his wealth and devoid of any feelings whatsoever like a “libertine”. In his relationship with Daisy, Tom has failed to display an emotions or feeling towards her especially denying their love by having an affair with Myrtle. However, once his love for Daisy is challenged by Gatsby, Tom shifts his entire persona becoming the astonished “prig” who fascinates Nick. He now begins to depict his love for Daisy with full force as his pride has been smited by Gatsby, a nobody westerner. Thus, Nick has come to be fascinated by the duality of Tom’s character which holds the ability to rapidly