When measuring the priorities in Daisy’s life, money and social class come first, before love and family. This can first be seen by the way Daisy disregards her child and hardly ever mentions her in the book. She does not give the child motherly care, rather in her selfishness, she has maids care for her. Perhaps she does not love the child, because she does not love Tom.

Another example of Daisy’s priorities is shown when she has to choose between Gatsby and Tom at the end of the novel, she gives no definite answer but it is clear that she chooses Tom by the outcome of the book. In Tom, Daisy sees wealth, stability, and the upper class of East Egg. Daisy may not love Tom the way that she does Gatsby, but obviously the mon

In order for Daisy to get the things she wants, she relies on men. Daisy married Tom because she needed money and an upper-class life style, which Tom could provide her. Daisy did not love Tom, and she was even constantly aware of Tom’s affair with Myrtle, but without Tom she would never be able to get those two things which are of the utmost importance in her life.

Daisy’s selfishness is the only thing that stands in the way of her and Gatsby being together. A good example of this selfishness is how she allows Gatsby to take the blame for driving the car when it hit Myrtle. By Gatsby taking the blame it allowed Daisy to retain her reputation, although on the other hand it was the beginning of the end for Gatsby. If Daisy truly loved Gatsby more than she loved herself she would have saved him by admitting that she was the one who was driving. When she sees that Gatsby will be ruined by this, she runs and retreats behind her money and Tom. She does not speak to Gatsby after the accident, and does not even show up at his funeral. Instead, Daisy chooses to do what is best for her and she leaves town with Tom without telling anyone.

Daisy had always lived a wealthy, upper-class life, and she had to live that way. When Gatsby first met Daisy in Louisv

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