Why is it important to Daisy that she has not been seen as "putting on airs"?
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Driving Miss Daisy is a play written by Alfred Uhry which is the story of the friendship that develops between an elderly widow, Daisy Werthan, and her chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn.
The phrase "Putting on airs" means acting to be better off than other people.
Daisy was poor as a child and it was through hard work and facing various difficulties that she was able to attain the present position.
So Daisy does not like to be seen by other people as "putting on airs". She did not like to be called either rich or stingy and cheap.
Daisy wanted to do everything on her own and although she was rich, she wanted to pose herself as an ordinary person by financial strength.
This is the reason she availed her chauffeur driven car in a way so that people should not assume that she is showing her wealth.
She was very conscious about her position in society as a virtuous Christian woman.