The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
“One October day in nineteen-seventeen…(Fitzgerald, Page 74)”
In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby,
multiple stories develop within Nick’s tale of Gatsby. As one of the more
important characters within the novel, the story of Daisy’s past within this
section because a valuable exposition in the story of Gatsby.
“One October day in nineteen-seventeen…(Fitzgerald, Page 74)”
In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby,
multiple stories develop within Nick’s tale of Gatsby. As one of the more
important characters within the novel, the story of Daisy’s past within this
section because a valuable exposition in the story of Gatsby.
Daisy Buchanan, a beautiful and mysterious girl from
Louisville, Kentucky, is the source of attraction for many men throughout the
novel. It is such attraction that causes her to become the source of desire for
Jay Gatsby and which sets the whole novel about as Gatsby does everything he
can to gain her as his own. As a woman who desires and lusts money, Daisy
becomes manipulated by her belief that happiness will come from material
wealth. Thus, Gatsby sets off to formulate a persona of fortune in the hopes of
someday gaining Daisy’s love. This pursuit is what establishes the plot and
leads to the irreversible tragedy of Gatsby’s own death.
From her mystical beauty to her human flaws and weaknesses,
Daisy becomes a crucial character in the story. Unintentionally starting a war
of love, Daisy is the reason the story forms. As a result of that one October
day, a chain of irreversible events leads to the story within the story.
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