Reflection on Daisy Miller

Mariola says: Daisy Miller is one of my favorite characters because she acts like a free woman and does not care what people around her think. For her, cultural aspects and morals are not very important; the only thing important to her is her own thoughts and values. People around her see her as a bad influence and see her behavior as improper. The story ends in a tragic way with the death of Daisy Miller and I really think that this is not a good ending. Critics say that in the end she dyes because of her behavior but for me that is not a good explanation. Why do we need to die because of our behavior? That is not fare. She did what she think it was right and we have to remember that she is a young woman and that she is from another country and does not have the same values and morals as European people have. Although I did not like the ending, I think the novel is excellent it gives us a point of view that is different from normal thins we see in regular novels. One of the most interesting things in the novel is the cultural shock of American society and European society. We see how the character like Mrs. Costello and Mrs. Miller are not please with Daisy Miller and see her as inferior because of her attitudes and values. In the other hand we see Daisy who is the typical American girl who go on life with her values that she knows. After observing this kinds of behavior we can understand why the character act like they do. Another thing that make this novel interesting is the fact that it can make a lot of controversy because we do not know how the audience feel about the novel. Depending of our values and moral we are going to have different opinions about the novel. With this in mind I can say that I like a lot the novel and that it was very interesting although I did not like the ending of it.