Examples Of Love In The Great Gatsby

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Can Love Destroy Lives? Why do people die? In The Great Gastby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby was murdered by Wilson who later also took his own life with the same gun. Gatsby and Wilson are only seeking out love and happiness to fulfill their lives, but when they are deprived of this they meet a gruesome end. First, is Gatsby’s past. Gatsby first met Daisy before he joined the army. When his love started to blossom, he was drafted to fight in the war. He was forced to leave Daisy behind. Despite writing to her he was losing her, the man named Tom Buchanan took Daisy away. Tom said “Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now” (Fitzgerald 131). Tom and Daisy love each other more than Daisy loves Gatsby. When this was made apparent …show more content…

Wilson owns a small tire shop called Wilson’s Garage. Tom Buchanan also frequents this garage. Wilson deeply loves his wife Myrtle. Though Myrtle is hiding something from her husband. She is not as interested in him as he thinks. She is a mistress to Tom Buchanan. She loves Tom and wants to leave Wilson. When Wilson finds out he locks Myrtle in a room and decides he wants to take her away and leave this place. Then Myrtle breaks out to find the car that resembled the one her lover was driving, but Tom wasn’t the one driving. The book states “The second my hand reached the wheel I felt a shock--- it must have killed her instantly” (Fitzgerald 151). Myrtle was killed on the spot as a car hit her. She was torn open and killed instantly. This car didn’t even stop after hitting her. In a matter of seconds Wilson lost everything he cared about in a matter of seconds. This loss of love drove him crazy and would later get him …show more content…

The loss of his wife drove him mad, and he was not willing to let Gatsby walk freely. After killing Gatsby, Wilson took his own life with the same gun. This love that drove him mad was also the death of him. Gatsby was also killed by love because he was not the one that killed Myrtle. Daisy killed Myrtle, but Gatsby loved her too much to see harm come to her. Gatsby says “but of course I’ll say I was. You see, when we left New York she was very nervous and she thought it would steady her to drive” (Fitzgerald 151). This caused him to take the blame for the murder as well as the punishment. Nobody but Nick would know who truly killed Myrtil. Some may say that Tom is the reason Gatsby got killed, but this is false. Tom did tell Wilson who owned the car that killed his wife. Tom did not force Gatsby to be in the car that night, and he also didn’t make Wilson kill him. It was the love that drove both Wilson mad, and made Gatsby take the blame. This love killed them both in the