The Great Gatsby

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy's character perfectly displays the absence of reality. She is a wealthy, young woman who lives her life hiding from the truth by ignoring reality. Daisy wants to feel taken care of and loved. She lives her life avoiding commitment, consequences and setting goals for herself; therefore representing the absence of reality accordingly. Daisy avoids situations that entail commitments in her life. She avoids her …

…ignoring his affair. She allows the communication between them to be superficial. She permits herself to live in a dream and not in reality where he life is full of problems. The book The Great Gatsby succeeds in portraying Daisy as a woman who consistently avoids committing herself, facing up to consequences and determining her path in life. She displays absence of reality perfectly because she lives her life based on false pretenses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**