Daisy Fay Buchanan

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While F. Scott Fitzgerald himself claimed that he felt that the "The Great Gatsby" would fail because there were ?no important women characters? in it, it seems that this is not popular opinion. Indeed, few critics have written about ?The Great Gatsby? without discussing Daisy Fay Buchanan. This paper explores the different views of the character Daisy Fay, including many critics' opinions and the views of F. Scott Fitzgerald himself. In conclusion, the author of paper gives her own personal view of Daisy's role in the novel.

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"She seems to be inconsiderate, careless, and shallow; all of this is made quite clear by her careless, often insensitive attitude towards others, which is apparent throughout the novel. However, I disagree with the strong views of critics who believe her to be mean-spirited and cruel, as she seems to feel genuine affection for her cousin Nick-"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a - of a rose" and warmth towards other people - "I like her" said Daisy. "I think she's lovely". Her love for both Gatsby and her husband Tom when they were first together also conflicts greatly with critics such as Leslie Fiedler's views; his claim that Daisy Fay was "The first notable anti-virgin of our fiction, the prototype of the blasphemous portraits of the fair goddess as bitch in which our twenty-first century fiction abounds" seems quite absurd as Daisy cries tenderly "Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom - it wouldn't be true"."

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