The disillusionment of World War I left a sense of emptiness and sadness which the characters seem to manage only by escaping the reality. Just like a "flapper" who wants to establish new morals by freeing herself from too much clothing, hair, and drinking alcohol while attending and dancing wildly in glamorous parties Daisy embraces these changes and she appears to be roiled by unstable emotions. Her nature along with that of the other female characters in the novel such as Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker is characterized by a lack of purpose and identity which explains their ambiguous behaviors. Daisy proves her real nature and her love for material luxury when she chooses Tom over Gatsby. There is only one part in The Great Gatsby where Daisy has a brief encounter with her daughter but she seems uninterested in her suggesting that she has not been an important figure in her daughter's life.
Hemingway embodies the same features in Lady Brett Ashley who plays a very significant role in The Sun Also Raises by seducing most of the male characters with her charm and sexual confidence. In the novel she sits on a wine cask exposing her skin while peasants in Basque dance around her in a circle symbolizing the men that have attached themselves to Brett. Similar to Daisy, Lady Ashley drinks heavily and wanders aimlessly in a world that appears empty and meaningless. She, as described by Jack, "can't go anywhere alone.", indicating this way that she has failed to love genuinely and commit to it. This relatively fast transformation of women after the war demonstrates the struggles that they go through mentally and emotionally, their hard adjustment in a society that no longer expects women to be staying at home and watching after their families, and which has invited them to a new dimension that allows them to be whoever they want. Furthermore, this new beginning marked a turn in the women's history and for the first time the flappers embodied the triumphs and dangers of the modern era.
