What does daisy say that helps reveal her inner conflicts in The Great Gatsby?

Answer 1

direct quote: "It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up & down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again." he means that her voice had a unique quality that made it seem like she spoke like an angel.

Answer 2

Daisy's statement "I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" reveals her inner conflict between wanting to be independent and smart, yet feeling constrained by society's expectations for women. This quote highlights her realization that her beauty is valued more than her intelligence or emotional needs, contributing to her internal struggle with societal pressures and personal desires.

Answer 3

The first thing that Daisy says is "I'm p-paralyzed with happiness." On first glance, I interpret this statement two ways. Firstly, her use of the word "paralyzed" demonstrates a sense of melodrama to Daisy. As seen with many other scenes in this book, Daisy is the very emblem of exaggeration. She cries upon seeing shirts and becomes unbelievably flustered because of the heat, and now she is paralyzed from seeing her cousin. This shows how melodramatic of a character this Daisy is. Secondly (though this may be a bit overreaching I recently wrote an English term paper on women in the 1920s, based on works by Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner. One motif that is repeated in these literary works is the idea of a "seemingly innocent woman". In analyzing how Daisy stammers on the word "p-paralyzed", we are reminded of a child learning to speak. But, if one thinks about Daisy in the whole novel, we see how often she reduces herself to a child. By stammering on her first words in the entire novel, Daisy already sets the image of herself as a child.

Answer 4

Fitzgerald has her speak in such exaggerated language to accentuate her superfluous behavior and how really simple minded she is.

Answer 5

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