RR # 10

pages 105- 118
7/15/10

While at the party Daisy and Tom don't really spend any time together. Daisy and Gatsby actually sneak off at one point and Tom doesn't even notice. This makes me wonder if Tom would even care if he found out about them. After all, isn't he guilty of the same thing? The party leads to an invite to the Buchanan's house for a dinner. When Gatsby and Nick arrive I wonder how they are all going to act around each other. Everything is going smoothly, Daisy even introduces her daughter to Gatsby. The way Daisy speaks to her daughter and the way she lets the nurse take care of her makes me think of Daisy differently. I'm not sure if this is was Fitzgerald intended to do, but I think maybe Daisy doesn't truly care about being a mother. Perhaps she had the child just because she thought that is what you should do when you are married at that age. The way the child asked for her father made it seem as though Tom must spend more time with her. Daisy was really only focused on the fact that she looked pretty and that she liked her "friend" Gatsby. When Tom walked out of the room and Daisy gave Gatsby a kiss I was shocked. I didn't think her to be a person who would boldly do such a thing in front of her friends. Specifically because Fitzgerald has made her seem like a traditional character so far in the story.