The Great Gatsby Is Responsible For Daisy Wilson's Death

In The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, takes place in the Roaring 20s. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the writer of this book, shows the representation of the American Dream at this time and how people desired it. The author also tells the compelling story of Jay Gatsby and his obsessive love for Daisy Buchanan, his past lover. This love between these two characters, unfortunately, ends up getting Gatsby killed. Although Wilson is the one who pulls the trigger, not only him are at fault for his death. Fitzgerald uses characterization to make this a more significant death for one of the main characters. Characters that are indirectly responsible for the murder of Jay Gatsby are Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. Daisy Buchanan was driving the car that killed Myrtle, yet Gatsby took the blame and it ended in his demise. “‘Was Daisy

Tom’s betrayal started at the scene of Myrtle’s death: “‘Listen,’ said Tom, shaking him a little. ‘I just got here a minute ago, from New York. I was bringing you that coupé we’ve been talking about. That yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn’t mine, do you hear? I haven’t seen it all afternoon’”(Fitzgerald 150). Tom makes sure to tell Wilson that it was not his fault and somebody else, the person that was driving the yellow car. Tom knows that his wife actually committed the crime, from talking to Gatsby later on, but the sound of his wife in jail is not in favor of the American Dream at this time. To avoid this, Tom says he knows who this person driving was: Gatsby. Later on in the story, Wilson knows who killed Myrtle because of the hints and words Tom told to the policeman. “‘I’m a friend of his.’ Tom turned his head but kept his hands firm on Wilson’s body. ‘He says he knows the car that did it…. It was a yellow car’”(Fitzgerald 150). Even though Tom does not say the direct name of Gatsby, he makes it quite easy for Wilson to find out who killed