The Great Gatsby: Blog 8
F. Scott Fitzgerald

     At the end of chapter four, Miss Baker tells a story about when Daisy and Tom Buchanan got married. However, the night before the wedding, Daisy said something shocking. Referring to the expensive strand of pearls Tom bought her, she said, "Take 'em down-stairs and give 'em back to whoever they belong to. Tell 'em Daisy's change' her mine" (Gatsby, 76). It seems as though Daisy got cold feet before the wedding. The even more shocking part is that the "Next day at five o'clock she married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver, and started off on a three months' trip to the South Seas" (Gatsby, 76). The two of them went through with the wedding and are still married. In the 1920's, it was unheard of to get a divorce. Clearly that has changed quite a bit in our modern world. However, I still respect them for getting married and living a happy, married life.
     This relates to my life because my brother and his fiance will be getting married in about three weeks. Even though divorce is so prevalent in our society, I know they will live a happy, long life together. I hope neither of them experience any misgivings about the wedding like Daisy did.