Adaptation to a New Life

"Evaluate Daisy's adaptation to life in Britain in How I Live Now, and determine whether she prefers life in Britain or in New York."

Life in a rural area of Britain

Daisy from How I Live Now greatly prefers life in Britain to her experience with life in New York.  While growing up in New York, Daisy has to handle many kinds of stress, including her parents' divorce.  Daisy even had to endure her father dating a new woman that treated Daisy very poorly.  After leaving New York behind for a farm in Britain because of family issues, she is able to suppress these painful memories and begin to live a happier life.  Her cousins in Britain help her to have an enjoyable time  by being very accepting of Daisy, and Daisy begins to cherish her time spent with her cousins.  After Daisy strikes up a romance with Edmond, a resident of the farm, she begins to feel even more at home in Britain.   As Daisy was thinking about Edmond, she thought, "Edmond just lay there smoking and telling me he loved me without saying anything out loud and if there ever was a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about." (Location 689)  By this time, Daisy has completely adapted to her new lifestyle with her "new" family in Britain and has all but forgotten her old life in New York.  Her relationship with Edmond was one additional benefit to her new life in Britain.  All in all, while Daisy still remembers the time that she spent in New York, she much prefers her new life in Britain with her extendedfamily.