mistress and Daisy was upset byit. Another conlfict is her love affair with Gatsby. Herappearent sweetness and innocence allow Gatsby to fall in lovewith her. But her impatience and ingorance of true love or themeaning of truth or compassion allow her to flawlessly marry Tom,without a sober thought of Gatsby. He falls for her, which leadsup to the futher conflict. The conflict is, whether or not shewill fall in love with Gatsby. Gatsby is still in love with herafter five years. He hopes and dreams that she is too. Thiscreates another conflict: Gatsby's dream. When Gatsby wasseventeen, he dreamed of being rich and powerful. When he mentDaisy, his dream changed. His goal was to see if he could reachhis dream. This conflict helps to add up to the main theme. The way the conflicts created by Daisy help the theme arenumerous. The most significant way is that she is the centralcorruption of Gatsby's dream. The dream began as a simple bidfor happiness. Yet Gatsby was corrupted by money. He wantedmoney. He believed that money would make him happy. When hebecame rich, his dream was then centered upon Daisy. Daisy wasthe only thing (or at least he thought) between him andhappiness. This personifies the meaning being conyed byFitzgerald. That the American dream has been corrupted by money.Another theme is that everything is not as it appears. Daisyappears to be sweet, innocent, and intelligent. While underneathher "white dress" lies a corrutped innerself. She is crude andshowy, all an act to attract people to her. This theme isdisplated in almost every character. Everyone appears to besomeone they're not, just as people in the society of the 1920's.With prohibtiion and the extremely active nightlife of the"Roaring 20's," everyone had something to hide. This isdisplayed in Gatsby, who is involved in the drug trafficingbusiness -- almost a mobster. Yet he appears to be simply asmart business man. Daisy herself is a ...
