In my last post, I mentioned that I believed all of Gatsby's actions in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald were for Daisy. I continue to back my hypothesis by the stumbling upon more examples from the text. "So the whole caravansary had fallen like a card house at the disapproval in her eyes," (Fitzgerald, pg114). Gatsby had thrown these huge elaborate parties just for the purpose of Daisy happening upon them at some point in time. Now, he has appeared to stop throwing these parties for exactly the same reason.
Daisy is such a multidimensional character. As I have continued reading, I have noticed more and more of her doubt in love for her husband.
" 'She doesn't look like her father,' explained Daisy. 'She looks like me. She's got my hair and shape of the face.' " (Fitzgerald, pg117).
To me, it seems as though Daisy is glad that her baby doesn't look like her husband. If her little girl had looked like him, that might have been a reminder of their broken bond in a relationship on a daily basis. Here even more Daisy is questioning her life at the moment. " 'What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?' cried Daisy, 'and the day after that, and the next thirty years?' " (Fitzgerald, pg118).
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