Daisy Flashcards
What kind of laugh does Nick describe Daisy has?
An absurd, charming little laugh
What does Daisy do “suddenly, with a strained sound” in Chapter 5?
Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily
“Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table”. What does this suggest about Daisy and Gatsby?
That rich people can’t say anything directly and everything is done through innuendo and suggestion like Daisy’s bizarre confession of love.
“Oh, you want too much!” she cried to Gatsby. “I love you now – isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.” She began to sob helplessly. “I did love him once – but I loved you too.” What does this suggest?
That life doesn’t come with take-backs or do-overs, and for all that Daisy seems a little dim, she gets it and Gatsby doesn’t. Daisy’s never going to be that golden-white girl again.
“And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” What does this suggest?
Daisy thinks that the best a girl can do is to be dumb enough not to realize how awful her life is.
“That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man…
a great, big, hulking physical specimen of a– “
“Before I could answer her eyes fastened…
with an awed expression on her little finger”
“What’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon?” cried Daisy, “and the day after that, and the next thirty years?”
“Don’t be morbid,” Jordan said. “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
What are Daisy’s and Jordan’s views of life?
Daisy sees life as an unending round of boredom that eventually ends in death.
Jordan sees it as a constant cycle of renewal.
Therefore, they’re both miserable and negative.
“Because I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before”.
What Chapter is this quote and what does it suggest about Daisy?
Chapter 5 and it suggests that she talks a lot but she is scared to tell her feelings to Gatsby.
“Well, I’ve had a very bad time, Nick and I’m pretty cynical about everything”. What chapter is this in?
Chapter 1
