Ariyana Espinosa Jackowski Junior English 31 Oct 2024 He Didn’t Pull the Trigger Can someone kill an individual without pulling the trigger? The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story through the eyes of Nick Carraway about Jay Gatsby's passion, wealth, and life. Gatsby, madly in love with Daisy, has made it his life's mission to win her back. This ultimately leads to endless conflicts throughout the book and determines Gatsby's fate. While Gatsby is lying in his pool, Wilson shoots him and kills him. Overwhelmed with emotion, Wilson ends his life. Wilson pulled the trigger, but who killed Gatsby? Fitzgerald implies that Tom Buchanan was responsible for the death of Jay Gatsby because his actions and words ultimately set George over the breaking …show more content…
Tom does this out of spite because he is upset about Gatsby and Daisy's affair and has been hurting because of Myrtle's death. Tom also had an affair with Myrtle, which caused the fight between Wilson and Myrtle. Tom Buchanan tells Wilson he knows who drives that car and hints that Gatsby killed Myrtle. Tom assures Wilson that the car wasn’t his. Tom says, “That yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn’t mine-do you hear?” I haven't seen it all afternoon” (Fitzgerald, 140). As Wilson cries, Tom continues to talk to him and the police about the incident and continues to say that his car is a blue coupe. Tom was filled with anger for numerous reasons, and Myrtle's death was the cherry on top. Throughout the scene of Myrtles' death, Tom repeats phrases of similar meaning. Tom says “The God Damn Coward! He didn’t even stop his car” (Fitzgerald, 141). Tom was also filled with anger from the fight between him, Gatsby, and Daisy. All of these reasons for anger and hurt lead to him having strong resentment towards Gatsby and making sure to tell Wilson that it was Gatsby's car that killed