I took this class, Book to Movie, last semester, and there was this one crazy bastard in it who never ceased to be pissed off by the fact that Daisy in the book was a brunette, but movie Daisy was blonde. I’m writing a short story in which that inconsistency is the catalyst to the entire plot, but. . . I think he’s wrong. I reread (okay, reread in a skimming fashion) The Great Gatsby, but the only reference to Daisy’s hair is when she is talking about her daughter Pammy, who is blonde. She says something like, “Pammy doesn’t look like Tom–she has my face and my hair,” which leads me to believe she is blonde, but it could mean she has straight hair, or thin hair, or something.
But the guy who thought she was brunette was a clever boy; I don’t think he just pulled his theory out of his ass. Does anyone know if, at any point in the novel, is Daisy Buchanan’s hair accurately described.
I believe that Daisy is a blonde. It has been a few years since I read the book, but I am pretty sure that I remember correctly. I think that is part of what makes her seem so delicate. There is a part in the beginning when he first meets her that gives a description of her, it probably says there. But I am almost positive that she was a blonde. The other woman(I forget her name)was a brunette.
If we can’t figure this out (and I think it’s blonde, too), I can always drive up Rockville Pike to ask old Scotty himself. He’s buried in my hometown of Rockville, MD.
The house where he wrote This Side of Paradise is about a mile from where I’m sitting right now. Maybe I’ll go and have a seance.
I know the general “feeling” from the book is that Daisy is blonde, but are there any direct quotes that say so? I’ve read the chapter where he meets Daisy and Jordan about 10000000000000000 times, and nothing. By the way, Tom Buchanan is blonde, so maybe the hair comment refers to something other than color.