Daisy Buchanan by

Louisville KY

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:00:13 UTC

Daisy first meets Gatsby here before he goes off to the war. They have a spring fling and Daisy says she will marry him after the war....however that does not end up happening

A wedding gift

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:02:29 UTC

Daisy shows her real motives after marrying Tom Buchanan, which are fame and money.

Daisy has a baby.

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:13:00 UTC

"Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'All right,' I said, '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.'" (Fitzgerald 16 & 17) Daisy finally realizes what marrying Tom has done to her life. On the other hand she still does not understand the value of having a baby girl. She believes that her baby will turn out like her: unhappy.

Tom is cheating.

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:18:07 UTC

Everyone is aware of how Tom Buchanan is cheating on his wife, even his wife Daisy knows. However, for some reason she still does not leave him.

Gatsby and Tom face off

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:21:36 UTC

Daisy realizes that maybe her actions were not the best, however she does not have any immediate consequences from them.

Daisy and Gatsby hook back up

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:23:53 UTC

Daisy has a short little affair with Gatsby once she realizes how wealthy he really is now. However, it is short lived and it shows how little she actually cares. She only got back with him for the money in the first place.

Following Gatsby's defeat

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:32:54 UTC

Daisy drives Gatsby car back to her home. In her anger and self pity she accidentally runs over Myrtle, Tom's mistress. "The 'death car,' as the newspapers called it, didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend. Michaelis wasn't even sure of its color-he told the first policeman that is was light green. The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with dust." (Fitzgerald 137) Daisy in her recklessness and carelessness murdered Myrtle.

The end of a relationship

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:36:16 UTC

Following the dinner party where Gatsby and Tom confront each other it is official that Tom has won Daisy over. The way he did this was simply by saying that Gatsby did not come by his money honestly and was 'new money.' Daisy greed for power and money eventually win her over to Tom's side and because she would never want to marry someone who was 'new money' anyway.

Gatsby and Daisy's relationship dies...and then Gatsby dies.

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:39:29 UTC

Tom sets up Myrtle's husband to kill Gatsby because he says it was Gatsby's car that hit Myrtle. Daisy does not find out about this and it shows how her and Tom's relationship has not changed in the least. Tom is still abusive and awful and she is still fragile and greedy.

Tom and Daisy leave.

pierceelisabeth7 — 2023-11-06 23:41:13 UTC

The couple leaves, leaving behind heartbreak, tragedy, and ruin wherever they go.