Big news folks! It seems we have
another affair in our hands, that of Daisy Buchanan and the mysterious Great
Gatsby! Is this Daisy’s way of getting back at her husband Tom for having an
affair with Myrtle Wilson? I don’t remember any time when they could have met;
when did they meet? I don’t know the answers to these questions; all I know is
what I saw.
It was late last night at Gatsby’s
home where I saw the two of them exit Gatsby’s car and quickly but quietly enter
his home. Usually in a situation like this, I wouldn’t be so quick to assume
that the two people in question are engaged in a relationship, but the way
Gatsby embraced Daisy was different. When Gatsby got out of the driver’s side
of his car he was abnormally quick in running to the other side to help Daisy out.
As soon as he got to Daisy he clinched on to her as if he were afraid she would
fly away and would be out of his grasp forever. I don’t know, perhaps I am
looking at things a bit too closely; nevertheless, I saw something more than
just friendship between them.
I certainly hope that Daisy truly
loves Gatsby; I would hate to see such a respectable man made a fool by false
love. I’m not trying to suggest that Daisy is trying to take advantage of Gatsby;
I’m just trying to highlight Daisy’s instability. Daisy’s husband is cheating
on her and she knows it; it’s hard to blame her for wanting to grasp on to the
nearest wealthy gentlemen who flashes her a smile. Gatsby’s probably the
perfect man for Daisy to have an affair with if her intent was to make Tom
jealous. I’m not surprised that Daisy selected someone of High Class to have an
affair with since she and her husband are of High Class. Unlike her husband, I
don’t think that Daisy would be able to associate herself with a person of
Lower Class. She seems like the type of person who looks down upon less
fortunate people and would feel as if her social status decreased if she were
to have an affair with a lower class individual.
I suppose Tom deserves to be
cheated on, but Gatsby doesn’t deserve to have his heart broken so I sincerely
hope that Daisy is thinking with her heart and not with her self-centered mind.
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