“Putting Daisy Down” is a short story by Jay MacInerney in 2007. He tells the story of Bruce, a married man with an expecting wife, living in the suburbs without a care in the world. One day, Bruce is with his friends out on a beautiful day, playing golf and having a good time, his wife Carly interrupts their play, determined as she is, showing Bruce the letter his mistress wrote to his wife, explaining that Bruce has been cheating. Even though he breaks the relationship and Carly forgives him, there is always a feeling that she needs something in return, and when Bruce´s old cat starts annoying her, she wants one thing and only that. The old annoying cat to die.
The physical setting of Putting Daisy Down is very described. The story takes place in a rich suburb in New York City. “Bryce drove to Julie's apartment on the Upper West Side directly from the golf course.” (l.43). Upper West side is a neighbourhood in New York City, and their house is in that area. It is also described that they have a big house with a sunroom, driveway and a garage “His confidence and his clarity ebbed as he approached his own driveway. (...) Daisy thrummed with appreciation and followed him as he reconnoitred the first floor. Carly was sitting in the sunroom, looking out over the back lawn” (l- 56-61). When Bruce is on the golf course it is a very calm, idyllic, peaceful and harmonic place “Life was good. It was one of those April mornings when the warmth of the sun on your skin seems miraculous after the deep freeze of winter and you can almost feel the hair on your arms turning golden, the vivid physicality heightened by the lingering trace of hangover” (l. 15). It not only describes the beautiful weather, but also the life view of the main character Bruce, who doesn´t know what is coming his way.
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