The Great Gatsby Why Daisy Married Tom
Since gatsy first met daisy five years have passed because he has been away at war and then involved in business to make the money he believes he needs to win daisy s love.
The great gatsby why daisy married tom. Her decision to return the pearls ends up being purely symbolic however because she finally does wed tom for his wealth and high social standing. Daisy married tom buchanan because he was rich and available and that was what beautiful debutantes did in louisville in 1919. She would never desert her aristocratic husband for a common bootlegger regardless of the love she felt for the bootlegger in question. Even though she was still in love with gatsby daisy most likely married tom because she knew he could provide her with more material comforts.
Carey mulligan as daisy buchanan and joel edgerton as tom buchanan in the 2013 version of the great gatsby. We re never told exactly why daisy and tom stay together. She had been popular with the boys and men all her life. This quote shows how daisy married tom because she saw him as an achievement tom showered daisy with gifts and the only reason she married him was because of what he represented.
Why did daisy cry about the shirts. She loves tom because tom gives her security in everything she enjoys and wants. This explains why daisy has stayed with tom despite his. Daisy has thrown away a pearl necklace tom gave her a necklace that cost 350 000.
Tom knows that daisy s innate snobbery is ultimately identical with his own therefore he uses it to his own advantage. A quote in chapter 8 of the great gatsby that explains why daisy married tom instead of waiting for gatsby is she wanted her life shaped now immediately and the decision must be made by some. We know from early on in the novel that tom is having an affair with another woman. Daisy married tom shortly after.
Wealth was the reason daisy married tom and the reason that daisy originally did not marry gatsby and so gatsby s goal in life was to become wealthy enough to support daisy and to win her back. Daisy refuses to submit to gatsby s pleas and will not say that she has never loved tom. Not until he is rich does he arrive at west egg. In the meantime daisy has married tom buchanan and had a daughter pammie.
Presumably the letter is from gatsby who most likely has learned of the wedding and is begging daisy to reconsider. The great gatsby pg. Jordan recounts to nick the story of daisy s wedding day when daisy got drunk and told jordan that she did not want to marry tom.