DAISY BUCHANAN

A c h a r a c t e r c o l o r p ro j e c t b y: And in i I ndahsar i

Pe r i o d 7

BACKGROUND From Louisville, Kentucky

Lives in the East Egg district of Long Island with Tom Buchanan

Beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, and sardonic

In love with money and material luxury

Mother of a little girl

Enjoys being the center of attention

Has a strong desire for love

RELAT IONSHIPS NICK CARRAWAY

• His cousin

JAY GATSBY• Object of his love• Eventually loved him back• Promised to wait for him

after he left for war• Broke the promise as she

married Tom

TOM BUCHANAN• His wife• Married him because of the

promise of wealthy lifestyle• Daisy’s parents also

supported their relationship

D a i s y a n d N i c k

D a i s y a n d G a t s b y

D a i s y a n d To m

White YellowReverence,

purity, simplicity, innocence, youth,

good, sterility

Betrayal, idealism, imagination, gold,

dishonesty, cowardice, jealousy,

covetousness, deceit, illness,

hazard

COLORS

QUOTES | COLOR PHRASES "His heart beat faster as Daisy's white face came up to

his own" (p. 107)

"High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl" (p. 115)

"They were both in white" – Referring to Daisy & Jordan when Nick first visited the Buchanan’s house in the East Egg (p. 13)

"The windows were ajar and gleaming white" – Referring to the windows in the Buchanan’s house(p. 13)

D a i s y w e a r i n g w h i t e

W H I T E • White like the flower daisy• Looks beautiful, pure, and innocent on the outside• Mask of her true personality• Daisy cheats on Tom and kills Myrtle

Wilson without stopping the car; white covers up

these immoral acts

Y E L L O W • Yellow like the inside of a daisy• Color that is almost like a “fake

gold”• Symbol of her superficiality and lust

for material possessions• Also symbolizes how fake she is and

the lies that she covers herself up with

PSYCHOLOGY OF COLORS