Daisy Buchanan, the woman who claims Gatsby’s love, is a socialite who is obsessed with wealth. As a young debutante in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Daisy falls in love with a young military officer named Jay Gatsby. When he goes off to war, she promises to wait for him. However, in 1919 Daisy breaks her promise and marries a young man named Tom Buchanan. Tom is from an aristocratic family. He promises her a wealthy life and the approval of her parents. When Gatsby returns he devotes his life to winning Daisy back. To him she represents perfection. She gives him the wealth that he longed for as a child. However, Daisy falls s

Tom Buchanan is a very self centered and egotistical man who is focused solely on money.

hort of Gatsby's ideals. She may be beautiful, charming and wealthy, but behind her beautiful face she is fickle and shallow. Daisy proves this when she chooses Tom over Gatsby and blames him for the killing of Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving the car. Finally, rather than attending Gatsby's funeral, she and Tom move away. Nick remembers, “ Daisy hadn't sent a message or a flower.”(183) Daisy is in love with money and luxury. She is capable of affection but not of loyalty or care. She is ignoring of her own child. She never discusses her and treats her as an afterthought when she is introduced in chapter seven. Of her daughter, Daisy says, “I hope she’ll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”(21) Daisy represents the values of the aristocratic East Egg set.

Through his characterization of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that the drive for wealth, happiness and fulfillment leads to moral corruption. I think that wealth is highly overrated. Although it leads to a life of luxury and partial happiness, in the end, the happiness fades and you are left with nothing. It is wrong of the characters of The Great Gatsby to strive for wealth in the place of love. Through the novel, it is shown that wealth leads to moral corruption and the loss of love instead of the initial gain. Wealth is a wonderful thing as long a

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