daisy

• daisy represents perfection to gatsby because of her wealth, class, charm and sophistication that gatsby has wanted his whole life
• she is also a romantic idealist like gatsby because she idealises the past
• she is also shallow, selfish, weak and materialistic making her not seem worthy of being an object of gatsby's affection and dreams
• her charming behaviour is designed to get people's attention, she needs to be adored --> reinforces the idea she is needy or attention seeking
• daisy is supposedly based off 2 real people

  • Ginevra king --> Fitzgerald's old love
  • Zelda --> his wife who he dedicates the book to