Daisy Buchanan, a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is the object of Gatsby’s love and a pivotal character in The Great Gatsby. Daisy embodies the paragon of perfection from the time period—she has the aura of charm, wealth, sophistication, grace, and aristocracy. Daisy is stereotypical, she is in love with money, ease, and material luxury. Daisy is a dynamic character and symbolizes the American Dream.
Daisy Buchanan is the cousin of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby’s love interest. Daisy is a pivotal part of the story. On the exterior of the story, without Daisy, Myrtle, and Gatsby would not have died. Daisy proves to be important to the story because she embodies many issues at the time period including the need for purity, the disposability of women and the American Dream. Daisy is The Great Gatsby's most disappointing character. Fitzgerald tries to prove her character worthy of Gatsby's unlimited devotion, in the end she reveals herself for what she really is by not going to Gatsby’s funeral. Although she is beautiful, Daisy is a selfish, and shallow woman. Fitzgerald tries to carefully build Daisy's character with associations of
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She is stereotypical during this time period caring mainly for wealth and appearance. Fitzgerald routinely links Daisy with the color white, her plethora of white dresses, a white car etc. She appears pure in a world of cheats and liars. However, as the story continues Daisy is revealed bit-by-bit. She suddenly becomes a less virtuous person then she appeared to be. For instance she is fully aware of her husband's infidelities, and still she does nothing about it. This is because he has money and power and she enjoys the benefits she receives from these things, meaning she is willing to deal with the affairs. These different instances provide evidence that Daisy is a stereotypical woman at this