Daisy: personer, tidslinje og steder

Daisy travels south with Aunt Gary, falls ill, and faces close supervision after Miss Pinshon arrives.

Daisy arrives at Magnolia and sees workers’ bare cottages and humble graves during a walk with Preston.

Daisy begins demanding lessons, resolves to bring workers religious teaching, and sees Preston strike Darry.

Preston explains forced labor to Daisy, who learns that Darry is punished for praying.

Daisy gains permission for Sunday Bible readings and finds peace at a Christmas gathering in the kitchen.

Daisy uses her new allowance to buy supplies for people on the estate as the kitchen gatherings grow.

Daisy moves meetings to the cemetery, and Dr. Sandford announces that he will take her away.

Daisy leaves Magnolia with Margaret and refuses to send her back after learning that Pete’s wife was sold.

Daisy chooses cheaper clothes so she can buy warm clothing for Margaret and save money for others.

Daisy enters Mme. Ricard’s school and struggles against resentment after St. Clair plays a trick with her cap.

Daisy struggles with her desire for fashionable recognition and finds kindness during a visit to Miss Cardigan.

Daisy wins a composition prize, faces sharper rivalry with St. Clair, and seeks Miss Cardigan’s guidance about anger.

Daisy lets Margaret keep her wages and leaves school early for West Point on Dr. Sandford’s orders.

Daisy rejects slavery’s expansion as Preston demands Southern loyalty and speaks readily about fighting.

Daisy walks to Fort Putnam with Thorold, discusses the morality of fighting, and attends a cadet dance.

Daisy grows closer to Thorold and rejects Preston’s demands that she avoid Northern men.

Daisy stops attending the hops because they distract her from Christian duty, then leaves West Point.

Daisy follows secession, gains confidence in Lincoln, and openly opposes her Southern schoolmates after the attack on Fort Sumter.

Daisy accepts Thorold’s love before his departure for military duties and asks him to put Christ above her.