If you watch "The Great Gatsby" you will know that Daisy is the love of Gatsby's life. She was meant to wait for him when he went to war and get marry, have kids raise a family.
Daisy wasn't prepare to take that risk so she took the best next thing married Tom who cheated and lied to her. So what did Daisy do? She did the same thing. She was having an affair with her great love Gatsby enduing in his richness, coolness and extravagant life in that huge mansion.
Com'on if you're Daisy wouldn't be dashed by all those pretty thing that Gatsby can give! It's 1920's! A woman job (at that time) was to grown up pretty, raised in well-manner family and married the richest guy possible to guarantee her retirement, so who care if the rich husband is cheated on you or the boyfriend make money off underground gambling.
The thing with Daisy is that she's so timid and scared to make decision. She could never tell if Gatsby will protect her or give her happiness despite all those money. So she end-up going back to her husband, leaving Gatsby, the ambition man with hopes and dream that she will eventually go back to him because she loves him. Oh well! how would anyone every really find out the truth when it leave unspoken.
I watched the movie last night and kept thinking all those unspoken truth will anyone ever find out? Why does Daisy keep those words to herself and couldn't make decision? Why is she so afraid? How can Daisy not see that Gatsby climbed so high into the society just to be with her, to meet her parent expectation and hoping
that they will somehow let them be together.
The thing is I believe every woman is afraid just like Daisy when it comes to life long decision, weather the person you married to or your current boyfriend, the question keep you thinking if he will stay true to you, protect you and make you happy until the "death do us part" happen. No matter how much you think I trust him or I believe, there's come a point where you just feel like you wish you can make a better choice.
So what do we do? We most likely make the safest choice in life rather than a smart one. Take the job that will constant give us income to feed ourselves, drive the car that give us the most value for money but not the "I want that car", married the person we dated for years or the person who we are pretty sure will able to support our little family together.
I just wish that Daisy is stronger so even there's no Tom or Gatsby to save the day, she can still move on with her life, her own mistake and live on.
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