Essay Who Is To Blame For Myrtle's Death

“The Great Gatsby” is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in that novel, there were some deaths. All deaths were unnecessary and they could have been avoided if certain changes were made or a lot of decisions that could have been made differently. But the real question is, who is to blame for the deaths? It is mostly Nick’s, and the Universe's fault, and I can prove it to you very simply.

First off, Nick is very good friends with Tom & Gatsby. Since Nick and Daisy are related to a certain extent, they have a relationship. For the first time, I’m going to talk about Myrtle. She was having an affair with Tom and Nick knew about this and so did some others like Jordan. Jordan Says: “You mean you don’t know? I thought everyone knew," Why- Tom’s got some woman in New York.” (Fitzgerald 15) This proves that Jordan could have also prevented a death if she knew who Tom’s mistress was. Now, Myrtle died from being hit by a car because she thought that car belonged to Tom, Myrtle’s

Nick was at all those events that occurred. When Nick was first introduced, he didn’t know anyone, which makes sense. But once he met Gatsby, was friends with Tom, and hung out with Daisy and Jordan, he became a big influence on them, like being a fellow friend to Gatsby and helping him meet Daisy. In simple terms, I'm just saying if Nick never met any of them, they would all be alive. For example, let’s say Nick never met Gatsby, Gatsby would have found another way to find Daisy, Tom and Gatsby would never have changed cars because Gatsby would have never talked to Daisy, the fight between Tom and Gatsby about whom Daisy loves would have never happened, and Myrtle not thinking that Gatsby’s car was Tom’s new car. Knowing Gatsby, he might have never met Daisy again because he’s too chicken to talk to her himself, so he asked for Nick's help. “I called up Daisy from the office the next morning, and invited her to come to tea.” (Fitzgerald