Daisy And Jordan Quotes
Quotes in the great gatsby quote 1 i hope she ll be a fool that s the best thing a girl can be in this world a beautiful little fool chapter 1.
Daisy and jordan quotes. After all if daisy were the only sober one in a crowd of partiers it would be easy for her to hide less than flattering aspects about herself. Daisy s remarks are ironic in nature because she refers to the social values of that era. Like nick jordan s role as a character is primarily to observe and narrate the actions of gatsby daisy and tom. For the most part jordan baker plays a rather unimportant role in the novel but in this moment her character becomes important as a window into daisy s thoughts and motivations.
He knew that when he kissed this girl and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath his mind would never romp again like the mind of god. These are daisy s first words in the book spoken in chapter 1 to nick upon his arrival at the buchanan residence. Suddenly i wasn t thinking of daisy and gatsby any more but of this clean hard limited person who dealt in universal scepticism and who leaned back jauntily just within the circle of my arm. Another example of jordan s observant wit this quote about daisy is jordan s way of suggesting that perhaps daisy s reputation is not so squeaky clean as everyone else believes.
There was jordan beside me who unlike daisy was too wise ever to carry well forgotten dreams from age to age. Quotes chapter 9 but all this part of it seemed remote and unessential. Preceded by what nick describes as an absurd charming little laugh daisy s affected but playful stutter suggests that she is a constant performer in social situations. In a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime the two girls stayed friends and jordan was a bridesmaid at daisy s wedding to tom.
Daisy speaks these lines in chapter 1 and expresses her fears for her daughter. The great gatsby quotes. I found myself on gatsby s side and alone. His heart beat faster and faster as daisy s white face came up to his own.
Nick makes this comparison between jordan and daisy in chapter 7 just as the group leaves for the suburbs after the crisis in new york. As he lay in his house and didn t move or breathe or speak hour upon hour it grew upon me that i was responsible because no one else was interested interested i mean with that intense personal interest to which.