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Examples Of Justice In The Great Gatsby

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Both Thom Brooks and Cesare Beccaria interpret the idea of justice through the process of punishment and its outcome. One in particular text that is targeted with these ideas is “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the early 1900s. After a five year travel Jay Gatsby figures out where Daisy Buchanan, the woman of his dreams is staying, and doesn’t stop at anything to get back what is rightfully his; consequently, this leads to an uproar with Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. As a result, from this novel the author portrays a lot of disobedience and double-crossing , which led to end result of suffering. In addition, following Thom Brooks, he uses the term ‘punishment’ in reference to four parts: punishment must be for those who …show more content…

Also, Nick Carraway states his facial expression to be “two shining, arrogant eyes that had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward”(Fitzgerald, 1925). Additionally, in the novel Nick Carraway mentions Tom Bucchanan being married to Daisy Fey, whom he cheats on constantly. However, his wife Daisy Bucchanan is completely aware of the situation, and this leads her to the arms of Jay Gatsby. Mr. Bucchanan’s bad intentions puts the lives of Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson and Daisy’s life at …show more content…

Soon, he takes adavantage of the situation when he figures out that there was an accident with Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby’s Car. Daisy Fey had been driving at the moment and had ran over Myrtle Wilson; however Jay Gatsby takes the blame for the incident. As a result, Tom Bucchanan sees the perfect opportunity for reconciliation, as stated by Nick Carraway “he was talking intently across the table at her and in his earnestness his hand had fallen upon and covered her own”(Fitzgerald, 1925). Overall, his intentions were to leave the state and move again leaving their issues behind once again. Tom Bucchanan could be charged for a conspiracy, knowingly who the true perpetrator was. However, Tom Bucchanan doesn’t stop there , when approached by George Wilson he is questioned about who is the culprit to have murdered his wife. Mr. Bucchanan is aware of the weapon that Mr.Wilson holds and his response to who the murder was Jay Gatsby , as well as his home address, and how he killed Mrytle. Tom Bucchanan states to Nick Carraway “ this fellow had it coming … He ran over Myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stopped his car”. Ultimately, he persuades George Wilson to go through with the plan to get vengeance on his wife, by killing Gatsby, with no intention to stop

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His feelings towards Gatsby were negative and full of hate, so he set the target on him when he told Wilson that it was a yellow car who had killed his wife and that he was a friend of the person who owned it. Which also leads to the death of George Wilson since it drives him to insanity and sets him on a mission to go and find that yellow car which didn’t take him that long. Since Tom was the real lover of Myrtle. He was the one driving the yellow car earlier

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This shows again that Tom did not care for Gatsby or what happened to him, even if it was Tom’s fault he died. Because Tom was the one who told Mr. Wilson about Gatsby’s car, Mr. Wilson then went and shot Gatsby out of anger and with no further evidence it was Gatsby’s fault. Since Tom was seen driving that car earlier, it was his actions that led both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to see the yellow car. That is why when Myrtle ran

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Myrtle Wilson, wife of Mr. Wilson was murdered last night due to a hit and run at the Valley of Ashes. Witnesses say that the incident occurred because she oddly ran out in front of the moving vehicle. We briefly interviewed Tom Buchanan who claimed to know whose car was at the scene. A policemen suspiciously question Tom as he proclaimed the care to be yellow.

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Wilson, who looks very ill, tells Tom that he and Myrtle were to move to the West after his discovery that his wife had been unfaithful although he had no idea Tom had been involved with her. Myrtle witnesses the scene and notices Jordan Baker with Tom and Nick and assumes her to be Daisy. Tom is enraged at the possibility of losing both his wife and his mistress and confronts Gatsby when the group reunite at the Plaza Hotel to escape the heat.

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When George Wilson wanted revenge on who killed Myrtle he went to Tom to see who owned the yellow car and Tom told him Jay Gatsby owned the car. So Wilson went over to Gatsby’s house and shoot Gatsby and himself [Wilson] to have revenge on the murderer even though we find out Daisy was actually was driving that night. All because of Tom having an affair with Myrtle she was killed, then Gatsby, and then Wilson. Nick narrates that “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then treated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever kept them together,and let other people clean up the mess they had made ”(187-188). This is significant to the thesis statement because Tom and Daisy throughout the

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In Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are two characters by the names of Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Throughout the book, these two particular characters seem to be very different from each other in nearly every way. However, it becomes clear as the story continues that they share some ideas and attitudes in common. Specifically, Tom and George were noteworthy in the way they felt about women, the methods by which they conveyed violence, and how they responded to their wives cheating on them.

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Tom “picked up” Wilson as if he were a “doll” to sit him up in a chair. Wilson was so upset that he was unable to function at even the most basic level. So much of his being was wrapped up in his love for Myrtle that without her, he was unable to function in reality (144). Finally, at the end of the novel, Wilson is so absorbed in his sorrow and anger about Myrtle’s death that he does the unthinkable. He travels “on foot” from his home in the Valley of Ashes to West Egg, and kills Gatsby out of anger.

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