Daisy Miller

My view on the short story "Daisy Miller: A Study."
     The short hand version of the plot being Winterbourne meets a young girl (who by context seems to be in her teens, probably around 17 years of age) who he likes immediately due to her looks. As he gets to know the girl he finds her to be a very nice person, but others opinions of her changes his mind. In the end he decides that Daisy is a flirt and doesn't care about her reputation.
     The setting goes from Vevey, Switzerland to Rome, Italy.
     What meaning do I get behind this story? When in another place its sensible to accept their customs and abide by them. Daisy saw nothing wrong with her attitude or flirtatiousness because that was how all the girls were in America, and her mother didn't seem to do much in the way of showing her child what was right and wrong. Not only was Daisy ignorant in not seeing how her actions were not okay in Europe, but she also didn't seem to care that her actions were looked down upon by the society around her.
     What led to miss Daisy's downfall? Reputation. Due to her lack of caring about her reputation people began to avoid her. Higher members of society (elite) gave her the cold shoulder because to be seen with her was to lose a bit of their own reputation. If Daisy had cared more about people though of her she would not have gone to the Coliseum that night with the Italian. She would have known it was improper to go out so late at night and with a man she's not married to, and stayed home. Had she done so she would not have caught Roman fever and died, and may have restored her reputation.