How Does Daisy Cause Gatsby's Death

F.S. Fitzgerald viewed the Roaring 20s as a gilded decade, sporting extravagant parties and a booming economy which hid the illegal activities going on behind the scenes. The Great Gatsby takes place during this decade and unveils the golden facade through hypocrisy and unfairness, resulting in the death of the protagonist. Ultimately, Tom and Daisy are the cause of Gatsby’s death because of Tom’s unfaithfulness, hypocrisy, and jealousy. Tom cheating on Daisy started the whole domino effect, resulting in Gatsby’s death; if Tom had stayed loyal to Daisy, Gatsby would have stayed alive. When Nick first visits Daisy he is introduced to their marital problems, and realizes that Daisy is not living the dream life he thought she was. He learns this from Jordan, who informs him that “[Tom has] some woman

Nevertheless, Myrtle develops jealousy towards Daisy. This comes back to kick her in the head when she runs in front of Gatsby's yellow car, mistaking it for the car Tom was driving on his way to the city. Instead, Daisy is behind the wheel, and hits Myrtle, killing her on impact. Since Mr. Wilson also witnessed Tom driving Gatsby's car, Tom assured him that the "yellow car [he] was driving [that] afternoon [was not his,]" and that he had not seen it since in order to take the blame of Myrtle's murder away from him (Fitzgerald 108). Still in a cloud of fresh, hypocritical, temper from Daisy and Gatsby's love confession, he indirectly informs Wilson that Gatsby owned the yellow car. Connecting the dots, Wilson catapults off of the ladder Tom and Daisy had built, climbing the next step, which is killing Gatsby. Although Wilson is the one who pulls the trigger, he only follows the path Tom and Daisy laid out for him. Daisy's materialistic nature and Tom's hypocrisy join together to make an unbreakable binding, which is why Daisy and Gatsby would never have