Within Daisy Miller: A Study, Daisy is not actually the first member of the Miller Family that Winterbourne meets: he encounters Daisy's younger brother, Randolph. How does Randolph influence Winterbourne's initial impression of Daisy shortly thereafter? Why is Randolph important to the story overall? Your answer should be at least 250 words

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Within Daisy Miller: A Study, Daisy is not actually the first member of the Miller Family that Winterbourne meets: he encounters Daisy's younger brother, Randolph. How does Randolph influence Winterbourne's initial impression of Daisy shortly thereafter? Why is Randolph important to the story overall? Your answer should be at least 250 words

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Mollie Mendez · Answer 1

Randolph is a rowdy (and even annoying) little kid. He is symbolic of loud Americans in general.

Randolph lets Daisy know that Winterbourne isn't uptight, like other Europeans. Therefore she is likely to like him, since he is more relaxed.

Later, he influences the action because Mrs. Miller cannot go out with Daisy and Winterbourne because she is struggling to get Randolph into bed. For this reason, Daisy and Winterbourne go out unchaperoned, definitely something scandalous by European standards.