And I think (in a way) she had a hand in it. So, yes I think Daisy knew about Gatsby's death. Tom would be ruined and image is everything in their world. If the truth came out that Tom was having an affair and Daisy was driving no one would believe it was an accident. Tom had already said that his mistress meant nothing to him and I can definitely see him getting his revenge on Gatsby by covering up his wife's crime. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together. They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet tbey weren't unhappy either. Once in a while she looked up at him and nodded in agreement. He was talking intently across the table at her, and in his earnestness his hand had fallen upon and covered her own. The scene Nick witnesses through the window supports this to me:ĭaisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table, with a plate of cold fried chicken between them, and two bottles of ale. I had the feeling that Daisy told Tom she was driving and Tom got her to agree to put the whole blame on Gatsby. (Though, he could've of course been lying). He wasn't going to turn her in and he even tells Nick he's going to take the fall. It's also odd that Daisy would ask to drive the car, at least I thought.īut I don't see what Gatsby would get out of the lie. It isn't even Gatsby who first suggests it was Daisy who was driving. I never even considered that Gatsby was lying to Nick about Daisy driving. He was only "great," like a circus side-show performer. The owl-eyed man's comment, "The poor son-of-a-bitch," makes it clear, passing judgment on Gatsby as "a nobody." She's playing the game on her own terms, trying to prove something to her husband (her response to Tom's rough questioning later at the hotel also supports this idea).īut Daisy not sending flowers nor even phoning and very few people show at Gatsby's funeral makes a statement. Here's what Ciffs Notes has to say about Daisy's feelings for Gatsby: By boldly kissing Gatsby when Tom leaves the room early in Chapter 7, then declaring "You know I love you" loudly enough for all to hear (much to Jordan and Nick's discomfiture) Daisy has, in effect, shown that to her, loving Gatsby is a game whose sole purpose is to try and get back at Tom. Lots of unanswered questions that force us to think, and it is that process of pondering that allows us to learn about ourselves. Are that many people that desperate for a romantic hero?ĭid Daisy love Gatsby or was she merely excited by the flattering idea of a rekindled romance, enamored by his charisma and the trappings of his worldly success? How would she feel if she knew he lied about her being the driver?
Why so many readers are willing to believe a crook says something about how they allow themselves to be influenced by Nick, and their own world view. Gatsby is a criminal who makes his living by deceiving people, yet Nick, and through him most readers, believe Gatsby and ignore the sworn testimony of honest, hardworking witnesses. Gatsby alone says it was Daisy, while eyewitnesses swear a man was driving. We don't know and never will, and how we speculate on the answers depends on who we are as individuals.įor example, we don't know who drove the death car. It makes me doubt if she really did love him or she just got excited about his new status and due to her own dull marriage life?įitzgerald leaves these questions for readers to ponder. If Daisy was aware of the news, which i think in all probability she would, why didn't she even send a message? Nick Carraway tries in vain to assemble people for Gatsby's funeral but nobody cared a shit about it. Sheeba wrote: "‘Why, my God! they used to go thereīy the hundreds.
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