The Great Gatsby

So far in The Great Gatsby I’ve grown attached to Daisy. She is probably one of my favorite characters, I loved her in the begging because her dialog was always the best and Fitzgerald didn’t write about her a lot so it was always kind of a surprise to hear that her character was in the scene. In the first part of the book she is a very strong character and strong minded and that’s what I liked about her. At one part in the book (page 17) she is talking to Nick and she says “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” The day we picked out quotes that stood out to us this was mine, I picked it because I love the way she states and recognizes it, but at the same time wants to change it.
In this recent reading, I became less of a Daisy fan, and I think it was because of Gatsby. In chapter 7 when Gatsby first starts to take control of the situation with him and Daisy he comes on really strong, which is ok in the begging but I think his attitude starts to change Daisy’s character. On page 130 Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby are arguing about the love triangle that’s happening, Gatsby is about to say something and Daisy comes in with “Please don’t!...please lets all go home. Why don’t we all go home?” Though these later chapters it seems to me that Daisy is becoming less of the sarcastic, attitude character she was in the begging to more of a scared, timid character who won’t say her thoughts anymore.