People who are careless don’t take others emotions seriously or even into consideration while going about things which can cause destruction in the ones who weren’t acknowledged. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the rich are careless and they don’t know how to care for anyone but themselves, except for Jay Gatsby that is. Daisy Buchanan is “old money” and is married to Tom Buchanan. Both of them have a warped sense of reality which includes cheating on each other, the crazy expensive ways they go about their life, and how careless they are about hurting others even sometimes each other. Daisy Buchanan is a self-absorbed, vacuous socialite whose decisions lead to the destruction of both Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s
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First of all, the decisions she makes concerning her husband, Tom, result in both Jay’s and Myrtle’s deaths. She doesn’t confront him about his mistress Myrtle which could have possibly put an end to the situation if Tom had known that she knew about the affair. She and Tom could have talked things out and eventually could have forgiven each other. Instead, she plays the “dramatic enactment of the role of long-suffering beautiful fool” (Wershoven 2). By doing this she also attracts the hopeful Jay Gatsby who was looking to save her in a way due to his fantasy of being with her even if it was just for the idea of being with her. Unfortunately for Jay, he does not see Daisy for the selfish, self-centered soul she really is. Also, when she refuses to tell Tom that she never loved him after promising Gatsby that they would tell Tom about their love and how they were going to be together. Daisy decides to bring her husband, Tom, and her side lover, Gatsby together in one hotel room. She should have known that the situation would not have ended well due to the fact that she knew exactly what Gatsby wanted. Gatsby began to try to tell Tom about his and Daisy’s plan, but then Daisy panicked and interrupted saying “Please don’t...Please let’s all go home!” (Fitzgerald 130). Here, Daisy clearly just wants to be manipulating and wasn’t even ready to fulfill her plans with Gatsby. It’s as though she realizes all at once that her plans with Gatsby were a fantasy. She had no intentions of leaving Tom. She liked her life with him. She was able to pretty much do as she pleased and her life was comfortable. Yes she loved being with Gatsby, but not in a forever and grow old together way. She merely wanted to tell him what he wanted to hear for her own selfish reasons. After her panic attack, all she wanted to do was to go home so she didn’t have to
First of all, the decisions she makes concerning her husband, Tom, result in both Jay’s and Myrtle’s deaths. She doesn’t confront him about his mistress Myrtle which could have possibly put an end to the situation if Tom had known that she knew about the affair. She and Tom could have talked things out and eventually could have forgiven each other. Instead, she plays the “dramatic enactment of the role of long-suffering beautiful fool” (Wershoven 2). By doing this she also attracts the hopeful Jay Gatsby who was looking to save her in a way due to his fantasy of being with her even if it was just for the idea of being with her. Unfortunately for Jay, he does not see Daisy for the selfish, self-centered soul she really is. Also, when she refuses to tell Tom that she never loved him after promising Gatsby that they would tell Tom about their love and how they were going to be together. Daisy decides to bring her husband, Tom, and her side lover, Gatsby together in one hotel room. She should have known that the situation would not have ended well due to the fact that she knew exactly what Gatsby wanted. Gatsby began to try to tell Tom about his and Daisy’s plan, but then Daisy panicked and interrupted saying “Please don’t...Please let’s all go home!” (Fitzgerald 130). Here, Daisy clearly just wants to be manipulating and wasn’t even ready to fulfill her plans with Gatsby. It’s as though she realizes all at once that her plans with Gatsby were a fantasy. She had no intentions of leaving Tom. She liked her life with him. She was able to pretty much do as she pleased and her life was comfortable. Yes she loved being with Gatsby, but not in a forever and grow old together way. She merely wanted to tell him what he wanted to hear for her own selfish reasons. After her panic attack, all she wanted to do was to go home so she didn’t have to