“Daisy Miller: A Study” by Henry James, the story of a young American woman in Europe named Daisy Miller, is told by an unknown narrator who only has access to the thoughts of the main character Winterbourne. The story centers around Daisy Miller and her "abnormal behavior" as the subject of Winterbourne's study. The story's limited third-person omniscient narration and the way Daisy Miller is represented in Winterbourne's thoughts make her character not only the subject of Winterbourne's study in the story, but also an object in the overall story. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay In the story, Winterbourne makes a hobby of studying women. Near the beginning of the story, it is said that he went to Geneva to "study" and it is implied that he was also there to be with an older foreign lady (1502). When Winterbourne first meets Daisy Miller, he gathers many details about her and immediately tries to analyze her: If she looked away when he spoke to her and didn't particularly seem to hear him, it was just her habit, her manner. . . He had a great taste for feminine beauty; he was addicted to observing and analyzing it; and on the face of this young lady, he made several observations. It wasn't bland at all, but it wasn't exactly expressive; and although it was eminently delicate, Winterbourne mentally accused him – very forgivingly – of lack of finishing. (1504)In this paragraph, Winterbourne describes Daisy as an object. He analyzes every aspect of her face and tries to analyze her character through her appearance and expressions, as one would when studying something that is not human. He decides for himself that he does not offend her, and that if she seems indifferent to him, it is because of his manners. This foreshadows how Daisy is portrayed throughout the rest of the story. She is constantly analyzed and judged through the lens of Winterbourne's judgments based on her appearance, mannerisms, and behaviors. He also decides that her face has a "lack of polish": this kind of judgment objectifies her as something that doesn't quite match his ideal of perfection when it comes to feminine beauty. Throughout the story, she is judged from someone else's point of view. Winterbourne constantly strives to understand Daisy throughout the story as new events unfold. When Daisy starts flirting with Giovanelli, Winterbourne does it again: And then he comes back to the question of whether she was really a nice girl. Would a nice girl – even if she is a little American flirt – have a date with a presumably lifeless stranger? … It was impossible to regard her as a perfectly well behaved young woman; it lacked a certain essential delicacy. It would therefore greatly simplify things to be able to treat her as the object of one of those feelings that novelists call “anarchic passions”. (1524) Once again, Winterbourne analyzes Daisy in the hopes of being able to classify her under a certain label. So far, he's decided she's a "little American flirt" and is wondering whether or not she's a "nice girl." He uses a set of social norms to arrive at the conclusion that she is not a "well-behaved young lady" because she is not delicate. He also directly states that it would simplify his analysis to be able to simply view her as an "object of anarchic passion." Winterbourne wants to consider her as an object for the sake of simplicity: she has no., 2003.