Examples Of Daisy's Carelessness In The Great Gatsby

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Furthermore, Tom and Daisy show their carelessness through their thoughtless actions. Both Tom and Daisy do not care about their child, only mentioning her for sympathy. When sitting down with Nick, Daisy brings up that she wishes her daughter will be a “beautiful little fool” (22). Daisy dreams that her kid will grow up to be unintelligent and just like Daisy herself, so that her daughter can get by on her looks. Daisy hopes that her daughter will not have to go through any hardships. She does not care about enforcing her daughter to work hard or be independent, but rather to rely on a husband. Daisy not only says this because she believes it, but because she wants a reaction. She expects Nick to be shocked or to chastise her for saying such as thing. Daisy demonstrates her carelessness and thoughtlessness through her negligence of her daughter.
Additionally, Daisy proves that she is careless through her thoughtless disregard of her child. Nick asks Daisy about her child when he visits her for the first time. Daisy tells Nick that she “[supposes her daughter] …show more content…

Daisy has doubts about marrying Tom after receiving a letter from Gatsby and realizing that she still has feelings for him. She even declares that “Daisy’s change’ her mind” (74). Daisy did not want to marry Tom, but did due to his wealth and social status. She became overwhelmed by Gatsby’s letter and love, but when it came down to the letter from Gatsby’s and the pearls from Tom, Daisy chooses the more expensive gift and marries Tom. Tom also marries Daisy for his own benefit. He proposes to her on the fact that her family is from old money, are well known and marries her based on her looks. Tom does not truly love her since he is suspected of cheating on their honey moon with “one of the chambermaids” (75). The fact that Tom cheats on Daisy so early in the relationship proves that he never loved

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