"I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them." (Fitzgerald, 172)
This passage is significant because it shows that Daisy does not truly love Gatsby. She left with Tom without even telling anyone. If she did truly love him, she would be devastated when she found out that Gatsby died, or at least she would go to his funeral to pay her respect. But she just left with Tom without even regretting it. It makes Daisy look like she was actually in love with Gatsby's wealth more than she was in love with the actual person. When Jordan was telling Nick the story of Daisy in chapter four and describing the officer beside Daisy in the car one day, which Nick finds out after was Gatsby later in the book, Gatsby was looking at Daisy lovingly, but Daisy was not doing the same to him. It seems like she just likes all the attention, while Gatsby was truly and deeply in love with her. Also, this shows that Daisy is trying to hide the fact that she and Gatsby had something going on between them. This also kind of reflects Fitzgerald's love life with Zelda because Zelda did cheat on Fitzgerald like how Daisy cheated on Tom. Also, Fitzgerald cheated on Zelda when Zelda was in the hospital which is kind of like Tom cheating on Daisy with Myrtle. It seems like Fitzgerald was writing the book from his own experience from beginning to end. Also, when Daisy didn't marry Gatsby because he was poor, it reflects Fitzgerald's life and how Zelda didn't marry Fitzgerald until he was famous and rich.
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The pink is hard to read.
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ReplyDeleteYou don't know for sure whether Daisy doesn't regret not showing up to Gatsby's funeral. Perhaps she would go but Tom might not let her, or she is afraid of being accused of killing Myrtle, etc.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree with you. Although I don't think that Daisy loved Gatsby for his money. She fell in love with him when he was poor but marries Tom because he is wealthy and "convenient." We also don't know if she did not regret anything, she may have not known he died when she leaves after the accident.
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