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The Great Gatsby Daisy Quotes Analysis

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Daisy is a girl who has a lot of different characteristics and many of them are different than what most people have. There are plenty of ways that Daisy tries to prove who she really is. In The Great Gatsby Daisy shows that her life isn’t so bad after all, that she is not all about money, and that she feels likes a princess because she has everything she needs. She wants people to know that her life isn’t so bad afterall. She has a perfect life and couldn’t ask for anything more. Like for an example when Daisy says, “Even alone I can’t say I never loved Tom,’ she admitted in a pitiful voice. ‘It wouldn’t be true.” (pg. 142) The quote explains that she has been truly happy with her life because it shows that she loves Tom and always has loved
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