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Analysis Of Daisy Buchanan In The Great Gatsby

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F. Scott Fitzgerlad’s The Great Gatsby does not have exact descriptions of villains and heroes, but not stereotypes either, but fully developed personalityes. Still, there are three characters that stood out. You would classify as a villain and or hero. Jay Gatsby is, both a hero and villain;Is in an illegal buisness, but would do anything for his love Daisy. Daisy Buchanan, a villain. Only cares about herself and money. Tom Buchanan is, a villain because he is a cheater and only cares about his own happiness. Jay Gatsby is both a villain and a hero. He had a shady past but a bright future. First, he is a crook, a bootlegger who has involved himself with swindlers like Meyer Wolfshime, “the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919.” Secondly, …show more content…

Daisy does not come to Jay’s funeral; she sends no note. She completely turns her back on him, even though he died for her actions. Anything Daisy did had no good deed come from it. The only real villain is Tom Buchanan.There are lots of other people in the story who do bad things, but to me, Tom is the worst.Tom is the only one, in my opinion, who does not have an excuse for anything he does.Tom is very self-absorbed and proud of his wealth and the power it brings, Tom Buchanan haughtily displays his property to Nick Carraway, explaining that he has had his polo ponies brought from the wealthy Chicago suburb of River Forest to East Egg. He thinks nothing of receiving phone calls at home from his mistress Myrtle Wilson. Yet, he is angered when Daisy presumes to love Gatsby. He destroys Jay Gatsby and his American dream. For, he conspires with Daisy to allow Mr.Wilson to believe that it has been Gatsby himself who has driven the “yellow death car” that has stricken Myrtle, rather than Daisy.I can't really think of anything that makes him a decent character According to Nick, it was the "foul dust" of "the careless people" that "floated in the wake of [Gatsby's] dream" which destroyed Jay

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