Examples Of Who's More Responsible For The Death Of Gatsby

Who’s more responsible for the death of a man, the one holding the gun, or the one who supplied the gun and bullets? In F. Scott Fitzgerald's book “The Great Gatsby” readers are introduced to themes of love, greed, and betrayal. Readers meet Jay Gatsby, who is a man that is after one goal and one goal only, love. They are also introduced to Daisy Buchanan, the love of Gatsby. Daisy is beautiful but constantly places material possessions and status over what really matters, love. The view of the story comes from Nick Carraway who is an honest man who never tends to judge anyone. Daisy is married to Tom, a racist man who is rich and is also having an affair. Gatsby seems like he is going to be with his love in the book. In the end of the book

While in the hotel Gatsby asks Daisy to confess her feelings for him in front of Tom and say that she had never loved him. When Gatsby asks this Daisy says, “Oh you want too much!” she cried to Gatsby. “I love you now-isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.” She began to sob helplessly. “I did love him once - but I loved you too” (Fitzgerald 75). Daisy is offered right then and there to leave Tom for Gatsby. She is offered the chance to leave all that behind to be with him and rebuke Tom. Ultimately it shows that Daisy isn’t willing to leave Tom behind, along with her wealth and status. Another example from the book is when Gatsby tells Tom that he isn’t going to take care of her anymore and that Daisy is leaving him. When Gatsby said this Tom responded, “Nonsense.” Then Daisy said “I am, though” Tom says “certainly not for a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring he put on her finger.” “I won’t stand this!” Cried Daisy. “Oh, please let’s get out” (Fitzgerald 76). This was another opportunity right then and there to go with Gatsby and leave Tom. Daisy when she hears this seems like it is too much for her to leave him, that she just wants to get out of there and clearly doesn’t want to leave Tom. Therefore, one of the reasons that Daisy is responsible for his death is she couldn’t leave Tom and the wealth and status that came along with

When Daisy goes over to Nick's house to have tea and she meets Gatsby again they’re nervous at first and then it seems almost as if they are still together and we’re never apart. It says “His hand took hold of hers, and she said something low in his ear, he turned toward her with a rush of emotion. I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn’t be over-dreamed - That voice was a deathless song” (Fitzgerald 55). In this moment Daisy treats Gatsby as if he is her husband and that Tom isn’t even a person. This in part leads to Gatsby thinking that she will leave Tom for him because at this moment it’s as if they are married. Daisy continuously does things with Gatsby as if they are still in love with each other and that Daisy isn’t married and only wants to be with Gatsby and not Tom. The book says that Gatsby wants Daisy to go to Tom and say, “I never loved you” he also said that after she was free from Tom, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house - just as if it were five years ago (Fitzgerald 62-63). This shows that Gatsby has a false sense of reality thinking that she is going to leave Tom and her and Gatsby would go get married. This is all false hope as the book shows that Gatsby thinks they are gonna work but Daisy is just