The golden girl in the Great Gatsby is Daisy. A golden girl is someone who has all the boys chasing after her and it is almost a flex to say you have hooked up with the ‘golden girl’. Daisy is a very successful young woman and very popular. She was born into money and has married a very wealthy man. A golden girl in today’s world would be Kylie Jenner. She lives a very luxurious lifestyle and has all the looks. He livelihood is very relaxed and easy-going by the look of things on her Instagram. She has it all. A golden girl is s0moeone with lost of dough and good looks.
- Daisy acted as she was dumb and didn’t really know about the affair with Tom. She seemed like she didn’t care but in the long run, I think it really hurt her and when she lashed out it was all of her emotions coming out. When she was at Gatsby first party she sort of organises things so she doesn’t get caught with Gatsby. “They sauntered over to my house and sat on the steps for half an hour while at her requests. I remained watchfully in the garden.” This quote shows that Daisy’s voice is quite powerful and anyone would do what they are told when it comes from Daisy.
- Daisy is Gatsby’s goal. Gatsby does everything he possibly can to ‘collect’ Daisy. Gatsby and Tom treat Daisy like she’s an object when they were in the hotel having the massive fight about who Daisy loves. “You forget there’s a lady present,” This shows that they are talking about Daisy as an object like shes not there.
- In the 1920s there were a lot of parties. Women almost get treated like objects as they are always cheated on. Daisy wants her daughter to be a fool so she doesn’t really care about what happens.
- Daisy and Tom smash up many things. They seem to smash heaps of stuff in hotels they get for the night and other peoples marriages. Daisy seems to ruin her and Toms relationship without knowing it. In the end, when her past catches up with her she had done what Tom does and cheated.
- “careless people…they smashed up things and creatures, and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” When Daisy hits myrtle She doesn’t stop to go back and try help or call for help. She just keeps driving which is quite ignorant and careless. “High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…” High in a white palace means she is superior to others and means everyone is below and she had the power to boss people around
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white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl….
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