Henry James's novella of this naive young American girl in Europe, narrated by an upstanding gentleman, illustrates a world centered on ettiquite and proper behavior instead of worth and true virtues. The character Winterbourne sees Daisy not for what she truely is. He is more or less an observer studying the behavior of a peculiar animal. When Winterbourne talks about her boring rhetoric and silly conversations she starts, this captures Winterbourne's true feelings about Daisy. Daisy's actions throughout the story are viewed only through what Winterbourne thinks and says. It almost seems as if Winterbourne's actions are more steps to observe her and are misinterpreted by Daisy as true affection. In reality he really only seems interested in her the way a scientist is interested in an experiment. To conclude Daisy's true nature is never actually revealed, but it is certain that Winterbourne is remorseful for her death. However, it took Daisy's death for him to feel anything real at all.
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