As they continue into Gatsby's bedroom, he proceeds to pull out all of his expensive shirts. Suddenly Daisy becomes upset and cries out drunkenly, "They're such beautiful shirtsit makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before" (Fitzgerald 92). This quote exemplifies the disillusionment of American society by exploiting the emotional effects of witnessing excessive wealth. For most, their dreams have shifted from valuing good character within a relationship to basing their love on material things and excessive wealth. Daisy aiming for less extravagant dreams than she can achieve, and lowering her self-worth by basing it off of wealth and possessions, reflects the overwhelming idea of disillusionment. Daisy believes that she lives in a world where a perfect life does not come true, so she begins focusing on the most tangible part of her dream, acquisition of wealth. The fact that Daisy cries over expensive, flashy shirts further exemplifies her materialism by her want for pleasurable possessions and her internal conflict of constant need for materialistic things. .
Daisy's poor decisions, driven by her lack of morals, lead the reader to fully understand the loss of hope for the future that many people in the 1920's felt. Daisy's marriage to Tom Buchanan becomes one of her biggest degrading moral points. Daisy marries Tom due to the fact that he has more money than Gatsby, proving her incessant need for wealth and heightened social status. Although Daisy makes a poor decision by marrying for money, she did not walk into the marriage without an awareness of her skewed morals. The reader sees her second-guessing her commitment to Tom when she drunkenly exclaims, "Tell 'em Daisy's change' her mine" (Fitzgerald 76). Daisy shows a moment of hesitancy after receiving a letter from Gatsby. The letter from Gatsby causes her to come to the realization that she really loves Gatsby and forces her to think about the importance of wealth compared to love.
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