involved in the conflict between her and Tom. Tom had a mistress and Daisy was upset by it. Another conflict is her love affair with Gatsby. Her apparent sweetness and innocence allow Gatsby to fall in love with her. But her impatience and ignorance of true love or the meaning of truth or compassion allow her to flawlessly marry Tom, without a sober thought of Gatsby. He falls for her, which leads up to the further conflict. The conflict is, whether or not she will fall in love with Gatsby. Gatsby is still in love with her after five years. He hopes and dreams that she is too. This creates another conflict: Gatsby's dream. When Gatsby was seventeen, he dreamed of being rich and powerful. When he met Daisy, his dream changed. His goal was to see if he could reach his dream. This conflict helps to add up to the main theme. The way the conflicts created by Daisy help the theme are numerous. The most significant way is that she is the central corruption of Gatsby's dream. The dream began as a simple bidfor happiness. Yet Gatsby was corrupted by money. He wanted money. He believed that money would make him happy. When he became rich, his dream was then centered upon Daisy. Daisy was the only thing (or at least he thought) between him and happiness. This personifies the meaning being conveyed by Fitzgerald. That the American dream has been corrupted by money.Another theme is that everything is not as it appears. Daisy appears to be sweet, innocent, and intelligent. While underneath her "white dress" lies a corrupted inner self. She is crude andshowy, all an act to attract people to her. This theme is displayed in almost every character. Everyone appears to be someone they're not, just as people in the society of the 1920's.With prohibition and the extremely active nightlife of the "Roaring 20's," everyone had something to hide. This is displayed in Gatsby, who is involved in the drug trafficking business –...
