A novel that comments on society and the choices people make within it, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald makes a compelling story laced with deceit, hope, and the unattainable. Fitzgerald paints many colorful characters within this novel, but Daisy Buchanan seems to always be in the spotlight. Daisy searches for wealth and love, but finds them in two different men. Daisy Buchanan deceives the men in her life searching for her goal of having “everything” showing that this grail quest is doomed to fail.
So when she got hit, Gatsby took the blame. George Wilson was not very happy about that and found Gatsby and murdered him in his backyard. If Myrtle wouldn’t have done that, Gatsby would still be alive. But Myrtle did it all for
Daisy then got mad at Gatsby and led to a spiral of events that eventually led to her killing Myrtle with the car and Gatbsy dying. Clearly, if Gatsby would have just left Daisy alone, she could've stayed with Tom and nothing would have happened including Gatsby’s death. Gatsby’s death can also be blamed on George for numerous
Even though other characters may have contributed, Gatsby is ultimately responsible for his own death because he wants to please Daisy, he is a liar, and he thinks he can repeat the past. The first reason Gatsby is responsible for his own death is because he did everything to please daisy. Gatsby bought his mansion and nice things to impress daisy. “He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them one by one before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray.”
This happens because in a panic Daisy and Jay drive back from the city and run down a woman who ends up dead. When her husband questions the culprit, Tom volunteers information about the seen car that killed her. He alerts the poor man that Jay Gatsby is responsible for his wife’s death. The ending represents the flaws in the characters. Gatsby, forever chasing the past, obviously hindered.
Some may argue that the most corrupt character in The Great Gatsby is the infamous Jay Gatsby himself. However, there are many instances that prove it to be none other than his female obsession, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is naturally a materialistic, selfish, and manipulative person, and unfortunately, Gatsby has fallen prey to her devious antics. She had been raised with a set of beliefs declaring that money and material items were the most important things in life. And those beliefs were what motivated her to leave Gatsby for Tom in the first place.
Gatsby turned out the way he did. Now, here is what starts the blame game for his death. In the beginning of the book, Nick (the narrator) moves from the middle west into West Egg to end up becoming Gatsby’s neighbor. Gatsby knew that his past lover was Nick’s cousin and Gatsby decides to invite Nick over to his enormous parties.
“Revenge is barren if itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair” (Friedrich Schiller). When a woman wrongs a man, the man does not go after the woman, he goes after the man she wronged him with. This is exactly what lead Jay Gatsby to the grave. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, three men are responsible for the inevitable death of Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, the man who whispered his name, George Wilson, the man behind the gun, and Jay Gatsby himself, the man lost in his own dream. Driven by his own thought of superiority, Tom whispered the name to the man behind the gun.
Daisy intended to leave Tom for Gatsby, but she could not bring herself to tell him. Gatsby was shocked and saddened. He lost his identity because of his overconfidence and assurance, which rendered him visionless. He knew Daisy would leave Tom, but he wasn't ready to deal with her actions. Gatsby dies as a result of his conviction that Daisy still loves him.
Quote: “Her voice is full of money.” (Fitzgerald 120.) Context: It was one of the hottest days yet.
First off, Gatsby is to blame for his own death because he let Daisy drive his car while being intoxicated. In the story, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that Daisy is driving by saying that when Gatsby and Daisy “left New York she was very nervous and she thought it would steady her to drive--and this woman rushed out at us just as we were passing a car coming the other way. ”(F. Scott Fitzgerald 143) This shows that Gatsby made a conscious effort to say it was ok for her to drive in the state she was in, because he didn’t want to say no to Daisy.
Three people are most at fault for the death of Gatsby, though, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom. Although Gatsby and Daisy are partially responsible, Tom’s actions are the paramount reason for Gatsby’s death. Gatsby is at fault for his own death because of his quest for his dream at any cost. Gatsby puts himself in danger in order to achieve his dream. Towards the
But looking into some of the information about the murderer, we found out that he owned a run down auto shop at the edge of the Valley Of Ashes. The day before he murdered Gatsby, his wife was fatally hit by a speeding yellow car. The yellow car belongs to Tom Buchanan but that day it was used by Gatsby and someone else on board with him. Apparently, Gatsby was intoxicated and hit the women so hard she died, without stopping he continued to drive off. By joining the dots, it is clear that George (the guy whose wife was hit by Gatsby) wanted revenge for his wife's death.
In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's death was a result of Wilson assuming gatsby killed myrtle, his wife. Gatsby took the blame for Myrtle's death to protect Daisy. Wilson doesn't hold all the responsibility for Gatsby's death. Gatsby's love for daisy is also to blame. If he didn't care so deeply for her he wouldn't have taken the blame and Wilson would've never shot gatsby.
Who killed Gatsby is a very arguable topic, we know George Wilson shot Gatsby in his pool but who was responsible for the downfall of Jay Gatsby? Was it Tom Buchanan’s “supercilious manner” (Fitzgerald 7), George Wilson and Myrtle, or was it the time period in which this book took place? It could be a combination of all things but Daisy’s foolish behavior was the determining factor of Gatsby’s death. Gatsby and Daisy were lovers, she was married to an assertive and prejudicial man named Tom Buchanan who openly had affairs with many women..
