Pammy

So far in The Great Gatsby, we have only seen Daisy and Tom's daughter, Pammy, once- when Tom, Nick, Gatsby, Jordan, and Daisy are having a get together. If Pammy didn't have any lines in the novel, I would have to assume she was Daisy's pet rather than her daughter. Pammy is described as "well-disciplined" (p. 117). She has a nurse maid, whom she seems to spend most of her time with. Daisy refers to her daughter as "Bles-sed pre-coius" and an "absolute little dream" (p. 117). From the few lines Pammy has, she appears to be a very rational little girl. She speaks in sentances very advanced for the age of the girl Daisy seems to be speaking to.
Daisy and Pammy's relationship seems to be like, as I said before, one between a pet and its owner. Daisy makes a lot of references to her daughter's appearence, like her dress and her hair. Daisy doesn't seem to have very serious communications with her daughter- that's probably what the nursemaid is for anyway.
The family relationship, like Tom and Daisy's, appears to be fine on the outside but is actually very tense underneath. When Pammy asks where her father is, Daisy goes on to say some nonesense about how Pammy looks more like her than her father, rather than answering the question.
Pammy seems like a very good representation of the steriotypical priveleged New York child. Her parents are for the most part absent, and have a tense relationship with eachother. Pammy really wants to impress her mother, but is usually ignored. Pammy is important to the novel because she helps to further develop Daisy's character, by showing her shallowness towards her daughter.