Daisy Buchanan
We are going to use the STEAL method to analyze the characters you have chosen. Complete the following chart with information, using textual evidence to support your claims:
Character Number One:
STEAL Method
Analysis
Provide a 2-3 sentence answer to each portion of the STEAL method
Textual Evidence
Provide a quote from the text that supports your analysis of each portion of the STEAL Method.
Speech
What important things does the character say that helps us understand what they are like?
Thoughts
What kind of thoughts does the character have and what do these thoughts say about the kind of person they are?
Effect on others
How do other people act around this character? What do you think it says about them that people act the way they do around them?
Actions
What does this character do that shows the kind of person they are?
Looks
What does this character look like? How do they dress? How do they carry themselves? What does that say about who they are?
Character Number One: Daisy Buchanan
STEAL Method Analysis Textual Evidence
Speech Daisy Buchanan often speaks in a charming and captivating manner, using a soft, melodic voice. She tends to say superficial and insincere things, masking her deeper emotions and true desires.
"Her voice is full of money." (The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7)
Thoughts Daisy's thoughts often revolve around status, wealth, and appearances. She is consumed with the idea of being admired and loved, but struggles to find genuine happiness in her relationships.
"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." (The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1)
Effect on others Others are drawn to Daisy's beauty and wealth, but are also wary of her superficiality and lack of depth. People often treat her with a sense of reverence and admiration for her external qualities, rather than truly understanding her as a person.
"Her grin is one of Nick's fondest memories of Daisy—half-inviting, half-derisive, as if she were having a good time." (The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1)
Actions Daisy often acts in a flirtatious and coquettish manner, using her charm to manipulate and attract attention. She is prone to making impulsive decisions based on emotion, rather than rationality.
"She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented 'place' that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village—appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to nothing." (The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1)
Looks Daisy Buchanan is described as a beautiful, ethereal woman, with bright eyes and flowing dresses. She presents herself as elegant and poised, always dressed in the latest fashions and exuding an air of sophistication.
“She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet.”
(The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1)