Group 3—Daisy
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2 comments:
Daisy is a young mother and wife, who feels trapped and isolated by her husband and her status. She is also Nick's cousin and lives in the very high end East Egg. She is limited by her husband, Tom, who has power over her, physically and socially. The marriage that her and Tom share is one that seems to be based on nothing but security, with no sign of love between them. The fact that she is dependent on him financially also creates the sense that she needs him. Her beauty is always noticed by those who come in contact with her and this allows her to have a false sense of power around others. She is also isolated by class, not by herself but with Tom, between her beauty and her class she is held at a very high standard comapred to others. She is forced to act superficially at points in order to maintain her husbands image or to hide what is actually going on with her.
IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS:
"She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to he concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.”
p. 17
“her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered ”Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hours.”
"All right...I'm glad it's a girl. And I
hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" p. 21
Thank you for posting these comments. I think you bring up some very interesting ideas. I really like your idea about Daisy being a character who is trapped. However, I wonder if she is also trapped by the fact that she is married to a man that she does not love--but more to the point, she loves a man who could provide her with the same financial security but a stronger sense of wealth.
It is also important that you comment upon Daisy's beauty--but I wonder her if beauty is only a superficial aspect of her character? While she may be striking in her physical beauty can she ever consider herself beautiful given the fact that Tom does not value it, given the fact that she uses it to benefit herself?
It is striking that you state her wealth is something that isolates her--I agree with this assumption, however, I wonder if this isolation is something she, and Tom, want? Perhaps this is something they enjoy because in their isolation they gain power--they power to make decisions about who they do and do not let into their world: a choice no one in West Egg, but more importantly in The Valley of Ashes can have.
More than anything else, I wish that you included some of information in your character profile that seems to be at the center of the textual support you cite. Thus, I have the following questions: why is it Daisy's voice the one thing that defines her? Also, why is it that her face is sad if she is so wealthy and this wealth provides so much security for her.
I thank you for sharing these thoughts, and I encourage you to continue working on this character profile as we make our way through the rest of the novel and Daisy's 'real' character begins to appear.
More than anything else, I am curious about how you would grade your response and how you would assess each other on the work you did on this posting. Please let me know.
Best,
AK
Grade: 85
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