She married Tom over Gatsby primarily because he had the higher status rank and "rich girls don't marry poor boys." As soon as Gatsby flashed his home, clothes, and parties in Daisy's face she soon found herself attracted to him and worthy of her love. Though, as soon as Tom revealed that all of Gatsby's money was from bootlegging she fell back with Tom. She had an offset view on the role of women in society. When her daughter was born all she said was, "I hope she"ll be a little fool. That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." (pg 21) She finds it more important for a girl to be pretty and careless rather than being concerned with the things going on. Metaphorically speaking Daisy's name and attitude relates very well to the colors of the flower. The outside of the flower, its petals, are white, which represents innocence. Daisy herself is a character that doesn't take fault for anything she does wrong. She plays a role to everyone that she is truly innocent. For example, when she ran over and killed Myrtle she never took the fall for it, she simply packed up and left. This is Daisy's cover up her outside nature, innocence. The inside of the flower is a golden yellow, which represents money. On the inside Daisy was simply concerned with money, and being a rich girl. So just like the flower that is innocent on the outside and rich in pollen (value to the bees) on the inside, Daisy is innocent on the outside and deep down only concerned with money.
Myrtle Wilson, just like Daisy, was consumed with the concept of money. She was married to a poor but truly decent and hardworking man. She was happy with her marriage until she meet Tom on the train one day. She said that she was attracted to his pressed shirts, which was a good indicator of money then. She was willing to up and leave her husband who she didn't find fit to lick the bottoms of her shoes, for a man that was already married but still lavished her with nice things.
