Who killed Gatsby is a very arguable topic, we know George Wilson shot Gatsby in his pool but who was responsible for the downfall of Jay Gatsby? Was it Tom Buchanan’s “supercilious manner” (Fitzgerald 7), George Wilson and Myrtle, or was it the time period in which this book took place? It could be a combination of all things but Daisy’s foolish behavior was the determining factor of Gatsby’s death. Gatsby and Daisy were lovers, she was married to an assertive and prejudicial man named Tom Buchanan who openly had affairs with many women.. Daisy seems to know of these acts of adultery and even encourages it when she offers Tom a pencil to copy down addresses at one of Gatsby’s parties. “She looked around after a moment and told me the girl was common …show more content…
This is a prime example of how careless she is. A common theme in this novel is that rich people are irresponsible and are used to having things done for them. In chapter three a character who is defined as Owl Eyes is having car trouble, his wheel fell off after he drunkenly drove into a wall. Nick, our narrator, questions him on how the car was crashed. Owl Eyes response is ignorantly “Don’t ask me, I know very little about drivingnext to nothing. It happened, and that’s all I know” (Fitzgerald 54). Daisy shows a similar and more severe example of this attitude when she accidentally runs over Myrtle Wilson. 2 And because she was driving Gatsby’s car she let him take the blame for it, which literally resulted in Myrtle’s husband shooting Gatsby. Gatsby had little sense of reality, he was strongly living in a dream and this was another determining factor of his death. Before Daisy ran over Myrtle Wilson she was in the city with Tom, Jordan Baker, Nick Carraway, and of course Gatsby. On this day Gatsby had