Gatsby and Myrtle were both killed in the act of following their dreams. Gatsby main factor that leaded up to his death was the fact Gatsby was passionately in love with Daisy, since he was so in love with Daisy. “You’re acting like a little boy,” I broke out impatiently. “Not only that, but you’re rude. Daisy’s sitting in there all alone.”( The Great Gatsby chp.4). Daisy makes Gatsby act like a fool so much of a fool that he kills Myrtle because of the previous events that happened with Daisy and Tom. “He announced that he had a way of finding out whom the yellow car belonged to, and then he blurted out that a couple of months ago his wife had come from the city with her face bruised and her nose swollen”(The Great Gatsby chp.8). Ironically