Driving Miss Daisy

Daisy could be viewed as the root of all problem's in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.  She drives Gatsby crazy in his quest to find her.  This, in turn, creates a whole new chapter of life for Nick for the time he was Gatsby's partner in crime.  I think she lets things overwhelm her too easily.  This feeling of being overwhelmed manifests itself in her speech and apparently her driving as well.  Both become more erratic as she experiences an influx of emotion whether it be happiness, sadness, or confusion.  This distracts her so much that she cannot even create sensible thoughts.  This--the inability to think clearly--ultimately destroys her relationship with Gatsby but possibly restores her marriage.  She chose Tom at the end, in my opinion.  She knew that life would Gatsby would be an adventure and that would be to much for her to take at this point in her life.  There was always a part of her, even when she was with Gatsby, that knew of the comfort found in life with Tom: it was predictable.  Life with him wasn't necessarily good or bad, but it was what she needed.  "They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale--and yet they weren't unhappy either" (Fitzgerald, 145).