Myrtle's Death Of The Great Gatsby

“The Great Gatsby” shares a story about the 1920s which explores themes of love, wealth, and the American Dream which ultimately results in demise. Jay Gatsby is a self-made millionaire living in New York City who hosts extravagant parties with the intent to win Daisy Buchanan’s love. His life ends in tragedy with the unfulfilled pursuit of Daisy’s love. While Daisy Buchanan is ultimately responsible for Gatsby’s death, it was Tom Buchanan's affair, manipulation, and that led the trigger to be pulled. Tom Buchanan’s affair with Myrtle Wilson, George Wilson’s wife, played a crucial role in the events leading up to Gatsby’s death. Despite Tom being married to Daisy Buchanan, they both love someone else, creating new relationships. Myrtle “walks

Myrtle Wilson lives in a lower class town, “The Valley of Ashes” which leads her and Tom to make a commute to see each other. Myrtle has been arguing with her husband, sees a vehicle and mistakenly believes that Tom is in it. Moments after the argument, she ran into the dark street “waving her hands and shouting” but the car couldn’t come to a stop in time (Fitzgerald 105). Myrtle Wilson running into incoming traffic was all at fault of Tom Buchanan as they had been seeing each other while married to other people. Over all, Tom’s affair with Myrtle Wilson can be blamed for Jay Gatsby’s death by their selfish behavior in not committing to their marriage and Myrtle running into the street hoping to see Tom, resulting in her death. Throughout “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is portrayed as a betrayer and manipulator towards Gatsby. George Wilson’s wife, Myrtle Wilson, was hit with a car by Daisy Buchanan leading to Myrtle’s death; however Tom Buchanan does not want Daisy to take the blame as it would affect his social status. After Myrtle is hit, Tom goes to comfort George Wilson but provides him with false information about who was driving the