The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

"I hope she'll be a fool — that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool . . . You see, I think everything's terrible anyhow . . . And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything." Chapter 1

discuss in your own words what does the quote mean in a paragraph

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Daisy utters this line through her tears, shortly after the birth of her daughter. She wanted a boy because she felt that girls were treated as foolish and denied opportunity. Her words are almost sarcastic, but she's thinking of her daughter's future..... and her own life. 

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