The Truth about Daisy Sallie Bingham in the article "The Truth about Growing up Rich" describes the society that contains her power and role as a woman. While her article was published in June of 1986 it might as well been the basis for Scott Fitzgerald's character, Daisy Buchanan, in The Great Gatsby. Bingham says that women are held captive in the upper crust of society. Their visibility is reduced as they are hidden behind the …showed first 75 words of 751 total…

…showed last 75 words of 751 total…aware that her position in society is very limited she chooses to ignore any possibility of breaking out of this mold. She doesn't exactly seem aware that her actions only entrench the system that makes her so unhappy and lonely. The article has only made me realize that not all of the blame can be placed on her; she is as much a product of her own environment as she is a part of it.