Post on 13-Apr-2017
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