Question

or a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened—then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk. Based on this excerpt, what inference can be made about Daisy Buchanan? Her beauty is matched by her intellect. She values independence more than anything. Her beauty and ease mask a darker reality. She is a woman of few demands.

Answer 1

Her beauty and ease mask a darker reality is the inference that can be made about  Daisy Buchanan.

Nick Carraway, the character and  narrator in The Great Gatsby , is making this description of Daisy, his cousin. Nick is having dinner  with Daisy and , her husband,  Tom and with Jordan Baker, Daisy's beautiful friend. Nick and Daisy are having a shallow conversation about the butler  ,but Daisy tells Nick she has got a secret to tell him. At that moment ,Nick observes Daisy 's beauty " a moment the last sunshine ........her glowing face" ; then he feels forced to listen to the secret:  "her voice compelled me ...... I listened..." ,but ,after the butler has come back to tell Tom, secretely,  he has got a  telephone call, Daisy's beauty vanishes : " then the glow faded, ...... lingering regret,..". Daisy's beauty is hiding a secret or a darker reality. In fact, Tom has a lover and the phone call is from her. Daisy knows about her husband's love affair.