Myrtle Wilson lives in The Valley of Ashes, between West Egg and New York City. She is married to a mechanic named George Wilson. Myrtle …show more content…
Her dreams get destroyed when she finds out about Tom’s affair with Myrtle. Tom is abusive towards Daisy, she does not speak upon it. Daisy thought she had the perfect life with money, love, and happiness, she soon realizes she does not when her daughter is born. “I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful fool.” (Fitzgerald,16). Daisy wants her daughter to be clueless about the bad that men do, so her feelings will not get hurt. We can see in the novel that Daisy does not really pay much attention to this child, she is never around and only shows up in the novel once for brief moment. She believes that women have limited possibilities in this world, which is why she would rather have a boy.
“In the 1920’s almost every women married for money.” (Humphreys,2010). When Daisy married Tom she thought she had love and money. Money was the reason Daisy left Gatsby for Tom years ago. Gatsby wasn’t always Rich, when Daisy and Gatsby reunite she realizes that she could have had money and love with Gatsby. Her happiness and uncertainty cause her to have an affair with Gatsby. The discover of Daisy and Tom’s affairs ruin their marriage and cause Myrtle and Gatsby’s Death. The pursuit for the right Man caused Daisy’s un