He associated the color white with Daisy Buchanan and her lack of innocence. Daisy was very childish and only did things for herself. She was careless and left messes to be cleaned up and resolved by other people. Daisy says, “Our white girlhood was passed there. Our beautiful white—” (Fitzgerald 24). Daisy says that in her younger years she was innocent, but everyone is innocent during their childhood. She implies that she used to be innocent, but now she is not. She lacks innocence and she knows she does. Nick says, “They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (Fitzgerald 12). Daisy dressed herself in white to make people think she was innocent. Nick recognizes that Daisy and Daisy’s friend, Jordan Baker, are both wearing white dresses. The dresses were very impeccable and pure, but the irony is that Daisy was
He associated the color white with Daisy Buchanan and her lack of innocence. Daisy was very childish and only did things for herself. She was careless and left messes to be cleaned up and resolved by other people. Daisy says, “Our white girlhood was passed there. Our beautiful white—” (Fitzgerald 24). Daisy says that in her younger years she was innocent, but everyone is innocent during their childhood. She implies that she used to be innocent, but now she is not. She lacks innocence and she knows she does. Nick says, “They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (Fitzgerald 12). Daisy dressed herself in white to make people think she was innocent. Nick recognizes that Daisy and Daisy’s friend, Jordan Baker, are both wearing white dresses. The dresses were very impeccable and pure, but the irony is that Daisy was