Daisy

This week in class, Ms. Besl brought up a cool idea about the character Daisy.  She asked us why we thought Daisy stood for.  Well, I was curious about that, so I looked it up and the results were actually very interesting and I wanted to share them with you.  First of all, the actual daisy flower is a white flower with a yellow center.  So far, in our discussions, we talked about how the color yellow means wealth, but it could also mean death or tragedy.  In the case of this example, we will be talking about the yellow that symbolizes wealth.  White also stands for innocence and purity.  The flower represents that Daisy is sweet, innocent, and pure on the outside, but on the inside, she is really only paying attention to money and wealth.  I think that this statement matches Daisy relatively well because one of the main reasons that she stayed with Tom and was attracted to Gatsby was because of their wealth.  Another symbolism that I found while looking around was that the actual daisy flower, when sent to someone from another person, symbolizes that the sender of the flower can keep a secret.  I found that the most interesting thing of all because it made sense.  Gatsby and Daisy's relationship was always a secret and no one knew about it until near the end of the book.  Finally, and probably the most intriguing fact, that a Daisy can also symbolize a gesture of departure.  I really liked that because Daisy was the reason for Gatsby death/departure.  If Daisy hadn't gotten in the accident with Jordan Baker, then Wilson never would have been angry and Gatsby never would have died.  Also, when Gatsby did die, Daisy ran off.  I am not quite sure why I found that so interesting, but I hope that didn't bore you with my blog this week.