What happened to Daisy's daughter in The Great Gatsby?

Pammy did appear in the novel, towards the end when her parents, Gatsby, Jordan and Nick are all at the house on the hottest day of the year. She comes in with her nanny and Daisy flaunts her and asks if she likes her friends. Pammy responds and then her nanny takes her away.
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Why does Gatsby shock Daisy's daughter?

Why does Gatsby view Daisy's child as a surprise? He was unaware, or in disbelief that anything had happened or changed with Daisy since he had gone off to war.
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How old is Daisy's daughter in The Great Gatsby?

When readers met Pamela Buchanan in the pages of “The Great Gatsby,” she was about 2 years old. As “Daisy Buchanan's Daughter” opens, she is in her 80s, waiting for a birthday call from President George W.
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Did Gatsby know about Daisy's daughter?

So Daisy's daughter was something inappropriate and impossible for Gatsby. His attitude towards the girl was not hostile. For him, she was something so surreal that he didn't believe in her existence. Gatsby learned about the child, felt surprised, and forgot about its existence the very next moment.
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What does Daisy's daughter symbolize?

Representation. Pammy most likely represents a younger version of Daisy. Daisy wishes that her baby girl will be a fool like her so she ends up married and well off with a rich man. She also wants her daughter to be a fool so she is protected.
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Did Daisy truly love Gatsby?

Although Daisy may have loved Gatsby once, she does not love him more than the wealth, status, and freedom that she has with Tom.
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Does Daisy care about her daughter?

She is indifferent even to her own infant daughter, never discussing her and treating her as an afterthought when she is introduced in Chapter 7. In Fitzgerald's conception of America in the 1920s, Daisy represents the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg set.
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When Daisy's daughter was born What did she say she hoped she would be?

I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. Daisy speaks these words in Chapter 1 as she describes to Nick and Jordan her hopes for her infant daughter.
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Why did Gatsby and Daisy break up?

Daisy didn't understand why he didn't return directly and, over time, her interest began to wane until she eventually broke off their relationship. Moving back to the present, Gatsby and Nick continue their discussion of Daisy and how Gatsby had gone to Louisville to find her upon his return to the United States.
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What was Gatsby's reaction to Daisy's baby?

What was Gatsby's reaction to Daisy's child? Gatsby can't believe that Daisy's daughter is real, because that means Tom and Daisy's marriage is real.
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What is Daisy and Tom's daughters name?

Pammy Buchanan Toddler daughter of Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Little mention is made of her and she represents the children of the Jazz Agers.
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What happened to Daisy at the end of The Great Gatsby?

Daisy is driving Jay Gatsby's car (according to Gatsby) when she hits Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress, killing her instantly. The accident occurs in front of George Wilson's gas station and the home he shares with his wife Myrtle.
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What does Myrtle's death symbolize?

Myrtle's death symbolizes the death of the American Dream because she is someone who tried to achieve it and move up in life but was ultimately killed because of it. The repeated appearance of the green light motif is used to represent the American Dream. Once that light dies, the Dream dies with it.
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Does Daisy admit to killing Myrtle?

To make matters worse, one even senses that Daisy, in fact, tried to kill Myrtle. Gatsby has a hard time admitting that the object of his love has, in fact, not merely hit and killed another person, but has fled the scene as well. Myrtle's death by Gatsby's great car is certainly no accident.
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What kind of relationship does Daisy have with her daughter?

Daisy's relationship with her daughter is that of a girl who takes her favorite doll out to play. A child never entered Gatsby's realm of possibilites when he dreamed of a future with Daisy. To him, a child was inconceivable.
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Why does Daisy cry after the birth of her daughter?

When she found out that she had given birth to a daughter, Daisy's first reaction was to cry. She hopes her daughter will grow up to be a “beautiful fool” (1.118). Despite the fact that Daisy seems to be baring her soul to him, Nick thinks this display of misery is some kind of an act.
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Why was Gatsby obsessed with Daisy?

Daisy's Love In The Great Gatsby Analysis

Gatsby lived for the purpose of Daisy's approval. While everyone around him was so caught up with their reputation in society, Gatsby was caught up with his reputation to Daisy. He wanted her to think the best of him.
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Is Daisy the villain in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy "Fay" Buchanan is the villainous tritagonist in The Great Gatsby. She symbolizes the amoral values of the aristocratic East Egg and was partially inspired by Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Fitzgerald.
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Was Daisy pregnant in The Great Gatsby?

Jordan tells Nick that she found Daisy, on the day before her wedding, drunk and clutching a letter sent by Gatsby. Soon after the wedding, Daisy became pregnant, and Tom started to have affairs with other women.
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What is the significance of Daisy's child being called a dream?

She is undoubtedly the picture of innocence in the novel. "You dream, you. You absolute little dream". She is the only representative of purity and untouched beauty in the novel.
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Why does Nick return west after Gatsby's death?

Why does Nick return west after Gatsby's death? He misses his family, he wants to change jobs, and he is disgusted with the east.
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Is Nick in love with Gatsby?

In that novel, Nick loves Gatsby, the erstwhile James Gatz of North Dakota, for his capacity to dream Jay Gatsby into being and for his willingness to risk it all for the love of a beautiful woman. In a queer reading of Gatsby, Nick doesn't just love Gatsby, he's in love with him.
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Did Gatsby sleep with Daisy?

He knew that since he was poor, he shouldn't really have been wooing her, but he slept with her anyway, under the false pretenses that he and she were in the same social class. Gatsby realized that he was in love with Daisy and was surprised to see that Daisy fell in love with him too.
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Is East or West Egg richer?

1. The West Egg and the East Egg are the settings of the novel “The Great Gatsby” with the East Egg as the place where people who were born rich live, and the West Egg as the place where people who have recently become rich live.
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