They're such beautiful shirts, she sobbed: 'Daisy'
Daisy's bathetic and anodyne reaction to Gatsby's tasteless flaunting of his wealth
Tells the reader that to her, the shirts are just beautiful shirts, and onlythat, not a poeticexpression of Gatsby's burningdevotion
Daisy crying in this quote shows that she is aware of Gatsby's desperation, but she knows deep down that due to the social barriers, she won't leave Tom or the familiar dominion of 'old' money
Daisy's attraction to materialwealth emphasises the differences between the aristocratic East Egg and the nouveau riche of West Egg
Gatsby does not have the 'blue' blood Daisy has, therefore showing the 'American Dream' is a flawed ideology
