Daisy- The Great Gatsby by Kirstyn Black https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh Kirstyn Black, Annabelle Mccullough, Sarah Abbott en-us 2017-04-18 14:46:23 UTC 2026-01-23 19:09:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Quote: Free-will 10012 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166778208 "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house... Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear windows and the caught wind dies out about the room, and the curtains and the rugs and the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor." page 8

This quote is the first view the reader gets of Daisy. By portraying her in white and flowing with the wind, Fitzgerald characterizes her as a form of innocence and free will. However when Tom closes the window and therefore removes the wind that causes her "flowing" nature, he is symbolically restricting her free will. This is important to the work as a whole because Tom's controlling nature creates unhappiness in their relationship which encourages Daisy towards Gatsby.]]> 2017-04-18 14:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166778208 Eloquent 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166779279 fluent, persuasive, vivid]]> 2017-04-18 14:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166779279 Benevolent 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166779854 kind hearted, compassionate]]> 2017-04-18 14:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166779854 Seasoned 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166780531 knowledgeable, experienced]]> 2017-04-18 14:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166780531 Futile 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166781178 fruitless, pointless, ineffective]]> 2017-04-18 15:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166781178 Animated 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166781605 lively, spirited, energetic]]> 2017-04-18 15:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166781605 34761 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166782244 2017-04-18 15:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166782244 Quote: world- view 10012 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166783007 "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." page 17

Daisy had been living under the control of Tom, and has therefore had to suppress her intelligence and dominant characteristics. She is independent by nature, but her oppressive relationship has had her believe that independence is unattractive and a impediment. She feels that she does not belong in the world, so she wishes for her child to be everything she is not: dependent, ditsy,  and one dimensional. Daisy's personal relationship has shifted her entire world view to believe dominance should be met with submissive, but she herself is unable to do this and she is therefore unhappy.]]> 2017-04-18 15:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166783007 34761 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166784207 2017-04-18 15:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166784207 White Curtains 34761 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166784285 These curtains symbolize Daisy's innocence. ]]> 2017-04-18 15:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166784285 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166785495 2017-04-18 15:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166785495 Caged Bird 3472 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166785651 The caged bird symbolizes Daisy's lack of freedom due to Tom's strength over her.]]> 2017-04-18 15:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166785651 What Goes Around Comes Around By: Justin Timberlake 34761 https://padlet.com/34761/ibvy38nsaveh/wish/166789120 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOrnUquxtwA

This is Gatsby singing to Daisy about how he could've given her everything, but she didn't pick him, she chose Tom. Now she has to deal with the repercussions. She now has to live her life regretting the decisions that she made.
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