Daisy Buchanan In The Great Gatsby

How does one achieve happiness? Some say money, others say love but most want a balance in between the two.Just like Daisy Buchanan, who has it all, she is affluent and adored.

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, the story follows a group of socialite and their interaction with the trials and tribulations of life.Daisy Buchanan uses her appearance and charm to manipulate wealthy men into loving her.

Daisy actually does not have an idea of what love is. She has an unhealthy relationship with her husband which makes look for affection in other means.She tries to flirt with her cousin,in every conversation, she always finds a way to tease him“-----Quote about the rose---” “Quote about the are you in love with Me “. She continues

Tom has been conducting extramarital affairs since the beginning of their marriage, but she has not left him yet. She has not divorced him because she is in love with his wealth and his status, though she was rather wealthy herself, she was never on the high social pedestal as she was and that she has it she is not about to relinquish it to one of Tom's mistress.Tom could have very well married one of his mistresses, and Daisy being afraid of that she wants to make Tom interested in her again so there is no chance of that happening.

Additionally, Daisy and Tom’s relationship is filled with everything except love. Daisy and Tom met after Gatsby had left war, It actually states that Daisy was not happy when Gatsby left until Tom arrived in her life. “By the next autumn she was gay again, gay as ever… In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago with more pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before. He came down with a hundred people in four private cars

Both characters at play have an unwavering loyalty to the American dollar and dream. Daisy has always wanted a family and a nice life. But Gatsby felt he could give that to her unless, he had the biggest house, unless he threw the most ambiguous parties, unless he had the finest clothes made from the finest materials unless he had all these materialistic objects just to attract her. “‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before.’” This speaks a multitude about Daisy’s character because, she is too concerned about the materialistic aspect of life, the nice shirts, the nice house etc.Also the fact that their “love” could not be