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Examples Of Daisy Buchanon In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows Nick Carraway as he helps Jay Gatsby in his pursuit of his American dream of reuniting with his past lover Daisy Buchanan. The American dream is the belief that anyone can attain their version of success and happiness in a society where anyone can move up in life. These versions of success vary, but in regards to the American dream are somewhat similar, including things like a nice house, a happy marriage, a nice family, etc. However, this dream is not worth pursuing, and it’s proven throughout multiple parts of the book as things end badly for anyone who tries to chase this dream as well as everyone around them. One person who proves this point is Daisy Buchanon, the wife of Tom Buchanon …show more content…

But things keep getting worse for Daisy as the next result of her chasing this dream is the death of Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress. After the previously mentioned fallout, Daisy drives home and hits Myrtle with a car, killing her. Daisy has now become a murderer as a result of a domino effect from her chasing the American dream, and she will have to live with that for the rest of her life. Even though Gatsby does decide to take the blame for her as it was his car she was driving, the incident will still haunt her, it traumatized her so much she couldn’t even stop the car when it happened Gatsby says that he “tried to make her stop, but she couldn’t, so I pulled on the emergency brake. Then she fell over into my lap and I drove on” (Fitzgerald 144). As soon as it happens you can see Daisy’s going to be scarred for life, not to mention that she just took someone’s life and that’s going to affect a whole bunch of people as well. The final outcome of Daisy trying to chase the American dream, however, is that she ends up having to run away and presumably start a new life at the end of the

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