How Does Daisy Kill Myrtle's Death In The Great Gatsby

The events of the night before still manage to creep their way into my mind. I remember Daisy and Tom’s passive conversation the next morning with all of its blatant stares and uncomfortable pauses. Tom had revealed so many secrets of Gatsby to Daisy without so much as a second thought. The aura of love and warmth that always followed Daisy began to fade and I could feel her love for Gatsby quickly begin to diminish. Daisy had looked over at me with a cold look in her eyes and told me to inform Gatsby of her absence. In her eyes the Great Gatsby was nothing more than the criminal and murderer everyone said. The hypocrisy baffled me as she didn’t know I was aware that she was the driver of the car. I couldn’t loathe Daisy and her innocent persona but I loathed her ability to hide behind her money without thinking of the repercussions on even the people she loved most.

Gatsby was murdered by Wilson, because he thought that Gatsby was the one that hit his wife and killed her. Tom is a main contributor to Gatsby’s death because Myrtle was his mistress. Tom was the one that suggested he drive Gatsby’s car to town with Jordan and Nick. Myrtle saw them that day and Nick noticed “her eyes, [which became] wide with jealous terror were fixed not on Tom, but on Jordan Baker, whom she took to be his wife” (125). On the way back home, Gatsby and Daisy were driving the yellow car, which was the car that Tom was driving earlier. Myrtle ran out in front of the car as if “she wanted to speak to [them], [thinking they] were somebody she knew” (143). She ran thinking that it was Tom and that he would stop but, it wasn’t.

Analyzing George’s actions and mental state after Myrtle is murdered; the reader can see that he is abandoning all of his morals in order to avenge his wife’s death. On page 178, Tom finally confesses to Nick how George found Gatsby two years after Gatsby’s death when he says “’I told him the truth,” he said. “He came to the door while we were getting ready to leave, and when I sent down word that we weren’t in he tried to force his way upstairs. He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car.” Tom does this knowing that George will kill Gatsby, because he had come unhinged and had a gun. George's mental state is made clear when he shoots Gatsby without confirming that he is the one who killed his wife. When George shot Gatsby, he abandoned all of his morals. He then shot himself, because there was nothing to live for. George was not a religious man, the only time he mentioned God was when he was talking about the all seeing eyes of the Doctor T. J. Eckleberg billboard during his time of grief. So, George did not feel an obligation to hold his morals due to any religion he has. The only thing George wanted was revenge on whoever killed his beloved

The Great Gatsby has many different characters who all have very different traits and personalities. Myrtle’s character is very snobby, not too bright, and seems to get into abusive relationships, likely because of the attraction she has to dominant men. Myrtle is married to a man named George Wilson and is also Tom Buchanan’s mistress. She lives in a place called “Valley of Ashes” and belongs to the lower class, even though she acts as if she is better than them and is not one of them herself. Myrtle is also known as being a fool because of all the things she falls for and believes.

Gatsby’s dream of being with Daisy is completely shattered by Tom’s words and Daisy’s demeanor and actions. Tom reveals the truth about the persona that Gatsby had created, known as “Jay Gatsby.” Tom tells them all that Gatsby is a “common swindler” and a “bootlegger…and [he] wasn’t far from wrong” to assume; consequently, Daisy was “drawing further into herself,” for learning how Gatsby obtained his affluence changed her mind about wanting to be with him. Her intentions of leaving Tom vanished within her, as she told Gatsby that he demanded too much of her. When it all becomes too much to bear, Daisy resorts to calling to Tom to take her away demonstrating to Gatsby that she picks Tom over him. This was Gatsby worst nightmare: to have Daisy

Jordan Baker states “Tom’s got some women in New York...She might have the decency to telephone him at dinner-time” (Fitzgerald 19-20). Based from what the quote states, it shows that Tom is a not a deceitful person. His actions in cheating with Daisy to have a relationship with Myrtle causes a situation to escalate. If Tom never cheated with Daisy and pursue a relationship Myrtle, then George would have not consider that Myrtle was cheating which would end most of the events that lead to Gatsby’s death. When reading the novel Tom states “What if I did tell him?... He ran over Myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stop his car” (Fitzgerald 187). Tom was the one who told George Wilson that it was Gatsby’s car that ran over his wife. As a result, this lead to him going after Gatsby and killing him. If Tom were to say that Daisy was the one who drove Myrtle’s car, then the outcome would’ve been different. To conclude, based on what Tom did throughout the story it can fact that he contributed to Gatsby’s

In Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, Myrtle’s diction is described as untruthful. All through the book Myrtle is surrounded by lies in her life. The reader is shown this when Myrtle has a conversation with Mrs. Mckee. In their conversation Mrs. Mckee comments on how she liked Myrtles dress, but is instantly shot down by Myrtle in disdain. Myrtle then says, “I just slip it on when I don’t care what I look like.” (Fitzgerald 35) This is an awfully rude way of speaking to a guest who you invited to your own party. Myrtle was lying because she didn't have very much money to be honest, she just wanted people to think that she is the queen and wore expensive clothes like it was nothing special.

The Great Gatsby is Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald’s greatest masterpiece, and is one of the most important books in American literature. It is a story about love and youth, but just as important as love is in the story is death. In this story about a man chasing his dream and trying to win true love, death finds ways to ruin multiple characters’ attempt at achieving their dreams. Two major deaths in The Great Gatsby reflect themes present throughout the novel.

Now that I can look back over my life I see that me and Daisy probably wouldn't have lasted long, even if she did leave Tom for me, as Tom was a spiteful man and he would have found a way to rip me and Daisy apart just as he had told George that something needed to be done about me. You see if me and Daisy had run away together, he would have hired someone to hunt me down and kill me. I did not see this man as being very dangerous when I was alive,

However, while two deaths is certainly a terrible situation, it is nowhere near the level of mass genocide that a holocaust denotes, suggesting that something else, along with Wilson and Gatsby, dies in this scene. Much like how Wilson’s dream of moving to the west with his wife is no longer possible considering both of their deaths, Gatsby’s dream of Daisy’s love is also long gone with his death. Alone in the pool, Gatsby lies motionless and unprotected, as if he is accepting of the end of his dream and whatever remains in store for him, finally at ease with his internal struggles. Truthfully, the holocaust of this scene not only references the deaths of both Wilson and Gatsby, but also the loss of Gatsby’s dream in the process—a tragic situation indeed. After Gatsby’s death, understandably, the thought of his lost friend remains in Nick’s mind. However, Nick remains abstinent from the truth about Gatsby and the death of his dreams, claiming that Gatsby’s dreams still linger in the air despite his passing. Nick now “sp[ends his] Saturday nights in New York, because those gleaming, dazzling parties of his [are] with [him] so vividly that [he can] still hear the music and the laughter, faint and incessant, from his garden, and the cars going up and down his drive” (179). Gatsby’s extravagant parties were a product of his dreams for Daisy. He put them on in hopes she would

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” (The Great Gatsby) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is mostly a love story. The plot line is similar to Romeo and Juliet but the man is killed instead of suicide. Fitzgerald really emphasizes the sort of forbidden love between main character Gatsby and wife of Tom, Daisy. Gatsby is a very mysterious man thought the book and we are not sure if he is lying most of the time or his story is true. The main mystery of this book is who killed Gatsby, and what their motive was. George Wilson (husband of Tom Carraway) seems to be a likely suspect for the murder of Gatsby he knew it was Gatsby’s car that killed Myrtle, Tom could have told Wilson, Gatsby killed Myrtle, and Tom was manipulative towards everyone he came into contact with.

When Daisy tells hims she cannot claim she does not love her husband Tom, it deflates Gatsby. He can't believe it. But Daisy is also deceitful because she does still love Gatsby but won't confess it either. Tom sees something going on, but in an attempt to prove that Gatsby does not threaten him, he lets Gatsby and Daisy drive together from the city back to their homes in West Egg. This drives turns tragic as well when Gatsby's car hits and kills Myrtle, Tom's lover and Mr. Wilson girlfriend. There is more deception when Gatsby tells everyone it was himself driving the car when in fact it really was Daisy. Tom tells Mr. Wilson about the accident and Mr. Wilson goes mad, killing Gatsby and then himself.

Gatsby’s dream has become a death and Daisy’s covered up personality has as well. Gatsby’s car was just a role in this charade because Tom was trying to prove a point to everyone.

Thanks to his wealthy lifestyle, Gatsby’s love life and business was gossiped about by all. For example, Jay Gatsby was selfish and his actions to keep his relationship private supported that. In addition, everyone knew Gatsby’s expensive car, so when Daisy hit Myrtle in it, everyone thought it was Gatsby. At the scene of the accident, Tom heard the description of the car that hit his mistress, and he angrily pronounced, “”The God Damn coward!” he whimpered. “He didn’t even stop his car”” (Fitzgerald 149). Therefore, Tom, who despised Gatsby, now thought that he had hit Myrtle, and he would want revenge. The fact that Tom knew it was gatsby’s car that had hit Myrtle. Hence, “By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone the way to Gatsby’s house. So by that time he knew Gatsby’s name” (Fitzgerald 168). Thanks to his very public life, Mr.Wilson easily found him and killed him. Shortly after Gatsby’s passing, the press flooded his house and then flooded the news with false stories accusing him of the actions of his companions and actions. Hance Gatsby’s public encounters le to his very public

In the novel (The Great Gatsby) By F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby’s death was caused from three primary people. The most crucial person for Gatsby’s death would be George Wilson, who was prompted by two other conspirators, Daisy and Tom Buchanan. Deceit and coercion both play a role in Gatsby’s tragic death. Tom Buchanan was a very important character that helped contribute to Gatsby’s death. Tom had always had a hatred for Gatsby, especially when Daisy confided in her love to Gatsby.