Janie and Daisy are fairly different from their upbringing and all the way down to their social class. This could be a factor in the way they act and the decisions they make throughout each story. Daisy is always dependent on the people around her. She clung onto people such as Tom because that was what is comfortable for her. However, Janie clung onto love as if it was the thing she cared about the most. She wanted someone to make her feel happy in life and not just a provider. Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God is different from Daisy Buchanan from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in that Daisy stuck to Tom because she is afraid of instability, she never stands up for herself, and she is afraid to leave for love.
Daisy was afraid of instability while Janie cared more about being with who she loved. Gatsby says to Toms, “She never loved you, do you hear?” he cried. “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me.” (Fitzgerald 130). Daisy would not wait on Gatsby because he had
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After Tom and Gatsby's fight, Tom says to Daisy, “Go on. He won’t annoy you. I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.” (Fitzgerald 135). Even Tom knew that Daisy would never leave him for Gatsby and that is why he so willingly let Gatsby take Daisy home. He knew that after their argument, if there was any question of Daisy leaving Tom for Gatsby it was long gone. This is different from Janie because she left her home with a steady income to go away with Tea Cake. “Dat we don’t know. De store is got tuh be sold and then we’se goin off somewhere tuh git married.” (Hurston 113). Janie was ready to go away with Tea Cake and leave everything behind, just as long as they were together. Janie was willing to drop everything good for her, all for Tea Cake, while Daisy only wanted a stable secure life no matter if she was happy with Tom or