Topic > Theme of Innocence in The Great Gatsby - 824

Throughout The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan's perception is one of innocence and love. All men desire her, and due to her beauty, persuasion and melodious voice, she is desired by all men especially, Jay Gatsby. Through her innocence and charisma, Daisy overcomes the virtuosity of deception and manipulation. Although Daisy presents herself as a loving character, her destructive nature is exposed when she begins to show her true nature. Due to the indecisiveness of her love for both her past and present lovers, Daisy's cynical actions ultimately cause the deaths of Myrtle Wilson, Gatsby, and George Wilson. In the novel, Fitzgerald presents Daisy with innocence and purity through the use of her white clothing. , along with her white roadster, along with the perception of a golden girl and the perception of a king's daughter. She lacks vitality and sexual desire, and instead presents herself appearing very playful, naive and childish. For example, he tells Gatsby, "I'd like to take one of those pink clouds, put you in it, and push you around." (Fitzgerald 98). Through these images, he creates a sense of lusterlessness, stupidity and innocence. However, a theme represented throughout the novel is that people are not always what they seem. In chapter seven Daisy leaves the room, stands up and approaches Gatsby, lowering his face, kissing him on the mouth. With this, her infatuation with Gatsby demonstrates her desire to control or instigate his love for her. This shows how she can be silly and naive, but also manipulative and controlling through her charm. Fitzgerald describes Daisy's charm through the tone of her voice, her beauty, and her persuasion. When Daisy talks and laughs, people want to see the deaths of Myrtle Wilson, Gatsby, and George Wilson in the middle of the newspaper. Although she is aware that nothing lasts forever, she is ultimately the one who holds herself responsible for the broken dreams caused in the novel. All in all, the events that happened still became a cover up for Daisy Buchanan, due to false accusations. Nick enlightens us when he places the blame on the upper class: “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy. They destroyed things and people and retreated into their money and their great carelessness and let other people clean up the mess they had made. ” (Fitzgerald 187). Even though Daisy survives, everyone has ultimately lost their dreams. At the end of the novel, Daisy never stays with Gatsby or attends his funeral simply because she is under pressure from the social government. Most importantly, through the His indecision becomes a contradictory and distant character..