Motherhood is a recurring of Beautiful Little Fools, one which lends reality to the women and redirects their choices. While Fitzgerald’s original hardly ever speaks of Daisy as a mother—she famously prays her daughter might be a “beautiful little fool” Cantor asks what exactly makes a woman like Daisy a mother in a world that affords her such limited choices. Daisy’s affection for her daughter is real but conflicted. She’s torn between protecting her child and protecting her from the same-sexed expectations that have ensnared Daisy’s own existence. Her celebrated words about not raising a fool take on extra weight here it’s not cynical but painfully honest. In a society that penalizes women’s ambition and integrity, ignorance is an option with no risks. Motherhood is both empowering and debilitating in the novel. Daisy’s caregiving incline prompts her decisions but also holds her to the life she desires to escape. In it, Cantor portrays how women’s lives are built not only by love, but also by obligation, reputation, and others’ judgment. By viewing Daisy in terms of motherhood, Beautiful Little Fools invites readers to reframe her position within The Great Gatsby. She is not just a beauty or a thing she is a woman struggling to protect the generation that comes after her from the same fate she could not avoid. Motherhood here is metaphorical for legacy, resistance, and complicated love.