A Rose in Daisy Clothing

First of all I have to say that I really love Fitzgerald. I liked Bernice Bobs her Hair a lot and I also really got into this story. I love his use of language. It may seem a bit flowery but he chooses his words so well to describe the message he is trying to convey. I think I was supposed to read this story in high school but I must have been slacking off or something because I don't remember doing so but I am glad I finally have the chance to. For 12.95 I'm keeping this book!

Anyway, one of the things I noticed about the story was the symbolism of Daisy being a flower. This may seem really obvious but I honestly didn't catch it until i started reading the first chapter for the second time. He always describes her as "opening up again in a flower like way." Plus the obviousness of her name being Daisy. Daisies are simple flowers and I wonder if she is really as simpleminded as she appears. She talks about roses (possible a symbol of love) a lot, like at the Buchannans the porch is described as rosy and she tells Nick he is a rose. "I am not even faintly like a rose" I love that line. I dont think she is as ditsy as she seems to be. In fact she almost mocks her own husband's dull mindedness like when she is telling him that she and Nick were talking about the "Nordic race" and calling him a "hulking brute" I think she makes herself seem simple minded so she is no competition for her husband. The part about the night before the Buchannans wedding made me think that there is more to Daisy than what she lets on. She seems concerned about losing her husband I could be wrong. Please tell me if I am. I am kind of going out on a whim here. Maybe this is why Gatsby doesn't think things are the same between the two of them. Maybe she got too used to being the stupid one that she is no longer intriguing to him.