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Daisy's voice is one of the most mentioned descriptions in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". The way her voice is described in each new scene allows the reader to better understand Daisy's emotions and how she affects those around her. In the beginning of the story, Nick goes to see Daisy at her house. He lets the readers know that he's "heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean toward …

…a woman on the road. Gatsby does not turn Daisy in who was driving. Two days later he goes to see her. "She had caught a cold and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor."