Daisy avoids situations that entail commitments in her life. She avoids her responsibility of being a mother to her young daughter. Daisy has a nanny take care of her daughter instead of taking care of her herself. Daisy is proud to show off her beautiful child as a possession, but she neglects the child emotionally.

"I got dressed before luncheon," said the child, turning eagerly to Daisy.

"That's because your mother wanted to show you off." ...

"She doesn't look like her father," explained Daisy. "She's got my hair and shape of the face."

Daisy sat back upon the couch. The nurse took a step forward and held out her hand.

With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding

This quotation shows that Daisy is trying to avoid any consequences that may appear if she is alone with Gatsby.

She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coat with her hand. Jordan and Tom got into the front seat of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears tentatively and we shot off in oppressive heat leaving them out of sight behind." (Pp 127-128)

"Just tell him the truth-that you never loved him-and it's all wiped out forever."

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Another example of Daisy's naivete is shown when Tom confronts Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom attacks Gatsbys character by revealing all his faults and failures. Tom reminds Daisy of the moments when she did love him and they were happy together. Daisy cannot deny anything that Tom is saying. Although she is unable to commit to Gatsby the way he desires, she realizes that the past cannot be relived. She avoids any commitment that she may have made to Gatsby when she can't assure him of her love.

This quotation perfectly displays how Daisy pretends everything is normal. But in reality, her husband is cheating on her and her marriage is full of deceit and lies. Another instance of Daisy avoiding consequences occurs when she encourages Nick to stay with her and Gatsby on their first encounter. She believes that when they are together and Nick is there, she is doing nothing wrong. It appears to Daisy that she can suffer no consequences if Nick is there. In reality, even her staying with Gatsby is wrong. Not even Nick being there can justify her negligence.

"...I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone." (Pp 99)

She hesitated. Her eyes fell on Jordan and me with a sort of appeal, as though she realized at last what she was doing and as though she ha

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