Daisy's Relationship In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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In chapter four of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jordan tells Nick about Daisy’s teen years, her relationship with Gatsby, and her marriage with Tom, showing how Daisy hasn’t changed much as an adult; her relationships and personality traits have stayed the same. The main message of this passage though, is how dysfunctional her relationship with Tom has always been and highlights the pressures put on her to do what she is supposed to do, rather than what she genuinely wants. First, Jordan explains what Daisy was like as a teenager, and it is seemingly similar to what she is like as an adult. She says that Daisy was “by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville,” and seemed to be desired by many men, so Gatsby falling …show more content…

Ironically, after she decided that she had changed her mind about the wedding, she told Jordan to “‘give [the pearls] back to whoever they belong to,” blatantly showing how Daisy didn’t feel like she was connected to Tom and that the pearls were his, therefore they didn’t belong to her and she shouldn’t have them and further symbolizing her marriage with Tom. Daisy is obviously expected to marry Tom, so Jordan didn’t tell anyone, she just cleaned her up and waited until “the incident was over,” showing how unacceptable it would be if someone found out because of the societal expectations restricting Daisy from what she actually wanted. This becomes a pattern; she and Tom obviously aren’t completely satisfied with their marriage or life, but don’t do anything about it because they are expected to ignore their

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