Why does Lisa despise Daisy so much?
It's established in Girl Interrupted that Lisa enjoys messing with Daisy; from trying to get into her room in a Claymore to pushing her towards her breaking point at Daisy's apartment.
While overall pleasant and playful towards other patients, Lisa chooses not to extend this attitude towards Daisy at all.
Why exactly is she so hostile towards her?
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After considering the question, I think I have an answer:
On the surface level, there doesn't seem to be much of a reason for Lisa to pick on Daisy at all. There are more unstable patients in the ward, and Daisy has never done anything to warrant antagonization in the first place. However, when considering how much Lisa craves freedom, the hatred becomes clear.
Daisy has the most privileges out of anyone in the ward: she's allowed to stay in her room any times she wants, receives gifts, and gets food from her father's deli- roasted chickens, while the others eat what the ward has for them. In contrast, Lisa is constantly monitored at every turn. Every escape attempt- no matter how long- has inevitably ended and left her back where she started. This boils up into a resentment for Daisy, and in turn, Lisa lashes out.
Lisa's hatred towards Daisy reaches its focal point when she and Susanna go to Daisy's new apartment in hopes of getting some money. Angered at the prospect of Daisy living comfortably...not quite free, but light years more so than her, hostility comes out.
It's almost eerie how excited Lisa is when dragging down Daisy, aiming to destroy her emotionally and mentally. This is also not mutually exclusive to Daisy either however: towards the end of the movie, Susanna is ensured to leave the facility...something Lisa can't handle. She ends up turning all of Susanna's friends against her, reading her diary.
This spitefulness against anyone she perceives as having more freedom than her is what leads to Lisa's hatred. An aspect that ironically, has also kept her in the ward for so long.
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What did Lisa do to Daisy?
The girls find it peculiar that Daisy's father appears on the ward twice each week with an entire roasted chicken for his daughter. Lisa is determined to find out what Daisy is concealing in her room and bribes Daisy with extra laxatives she cons from the nurses.What does Daisy have under her bed Girl, Interrupted?
Lisa reports back to the other girls that Daisy has stashed rows of whole chicken carcasses beneath her bed, and uses the laxatives to help her pass the enormous amounts of poultry she consumes.Why did she have chicken under her bed?
Answer and Explanation: Daisy keeps the chicken carcasses under her bed to mark her time at McLean Hospital. A deeper psychological assessment is not provided other than the suspicion that Daisy's father was in love with his daughter. Daisy would receive two roasted chickens a week from her father.What is up with Daisy from Girl, Interrupted?
Lisa discovers that Daisy's room is filled with the picked-over carcasses of the chickens. Daisy leaves the hospital to live in an apartment her father has purchased for her. The girls later learn that Daisy committed suicide on her birthday.Lisa on filming set until 4am, Jennie suddenly was sh@ded by SM, Kim Garam back
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