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Mr Wilson Was Responsible For The Death Of The Great Gatsby

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Who pulled the trigger? Who snitched the murderer? Who was a little too obsessed? But at the end of it all, who's to blame…? Many believe that Mr. Wilson would be the primary cause for Gatsby’s death since he pulled the trigger, but was he really? As Nick Carraway concluded on page one hundred and seventy-nine, “It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” The eventual fall of the Great Gatsby was caused by many people’s individual contribution, including Gatsby himself. Leading up to the murder of the …show more content…

Even though Daisy Buchanan had a husband and a daughter, she still became romantically involved with Jay once they reconnected. Daisy kept telling Gatsby that she would leave Tom and marry him. She believed that her actions were justified since her husband, Tom, was also having an affair throughout their marriage. Regardless, two wrongs don’t make a right. In chapter six, Nick recalls a time when Gatsby and Daisy snuck away from a party to be alone, “They were still under the white-plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale, thin ray of moonlight between. It occurred to me that he had been very slowly bending toward her all evening to attain this proximity, and even while I watched I saw him stoop one ultimate degree and kiss at her cheek.” If Daisy had not led Gatsby on once they reconnected and had told him to stop pursuing her, then Gatsby would have moved on. Daisy is also mainly responsible for Myrtle’s death, “Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop, but she couldn’t” (pg. 144). If she wasn’t driving then Myrtle would never have been killed, hence Mr. Wilson would have never murdered Gatsby for those …show more content…

Wilson were also responsible for the murder of Jay Gatsby. The direct cause of Gatsby’s death was from Mr. Wilson, who first shot him and then himself. “What if I did tell him? The fellow had it coming to him,” (pg. 178) Tom basically told Nick that he lied to Mr. Wilson in order to both protect Daisy and for revenge on Gatsby for trying to take her away from him. If Tom hadn’t falsely accused Gatsby of killing Myrtle to her husband then Mr. Wilson would not have had any motive to murder Gatsby. Also, Daisy’s knowledge of Tom’s affair drove Daisy to pursue Gatsby; putting Tom’s relationship with his mistress as an indirect cause of Gatsby’s death. This murderous climax exemplifies Fitzgerald’s theme of carelessness, because it shows Tom’s lack of care for Gatsby’s life to the point where he wanted him

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His feelings towards Gatsby were negative and full of hate, so he set the target on him when he told Wilson that it was a yellow car who had killed his wife and that he was a friend of the person who owned it. Which also leads to the death of George Wilson since it drives him to insanity and sets him on a mission to go and find that yellow car which didn’t take him that long. Since Tom was the real lover of Myrtle. He was the one driving the yellow car earlier

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In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan and his wife Daisy Buchanan are seen as the ones who caused Jay Gatsby's death. Nick Carraway was the only one who could’ve actually saved Jay Gatsby’s life. He never informed his cousin that Tom Buchanan was cheating on her and he should’ve tried a bit harder when he asked Gatsby to leave town. Nick was the cause of Jay Gatsby’s death.

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Myrtle Wilson, wife of Mr. Wilson was murdered last night due to a hit and run at the Valley of Ashes. Witnesses say that the incident occurred because she oddly ran out in front of the moving vehicle. We briefly interviewed Tom Buchanan who claimed to know whose car was at the scene. A policemen suspiciously question Tom as he proclaimed the care to be yellow.

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When George Wilson wanted revenge on who killed Myrtle he went to Tom to see who owned the yellow car and Tom told him Jay Gatsby owned the car. So Wilson went over to Gatsby’s house and shoot Gatsby and himself [Wilson] to have revenge on the murderer even though we find out Daisy was actually was driving that night. All because of Tom having an affair with Myrtle she was killed, then Gatsby, and then Wilson. Nick narrates that “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then treated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever kept them together,and let other people clean up the mess they had made ”(187-188). This is significant to the thesis statement because Tom and Daisy throughout the

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