In the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, when Nick introduces the readers to the main characters, he says the following about Daisy's voice:
there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.
People feel compelled to lean in to listen to Daisy's voice, and Nick struggles throughout the novel to describe Daisy accurately through her voice. In chapter 7, Gatsby says Daisy's voice is "full of money." Fitzgerald often uses a character's physical features to describe him or her, and Daisy's voice says a lot about her character. There is something enticing about her and her voice that Gatsby wants, and money is exactly that thing. With money comes power and prestige, which Gatsby wants for this persona he has created, and that aspect perfectly describes a main reason why he is attracted to Daisy.
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