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
Reed Zenisek 2/25/23 Ms.Kirby English � The one that started it all� In the book the Great Gatsby, when Daisy was driving Gatsby’s car and struck Myrtle, that's what started it all. Daisy should be held accountable for both the death of Myrtle and Gatsby. In chapter 7 is when Daisy is driving Gatsbys car and ends up hitting Myrtle with the car, in a way this started a mini chain reaction, because Myrtle's husband George Wilson kills Gatsby.
In the end, Daisy Buchanan is most responsible for the death of Jay Gatsby due to her lies, indecisiveness, foolish mistakes, and her unfaithfulness. After Daisy kills Myrtle with the car, she does not tell anyone the truth about the incident. Instead, she allows Gatsby to take the blame for the accident. Daisy was not in the proper mindset to drive as she knew she wasn’t sober enough to safely drive the two of them home, but her frustration towards Tom and Gatsby overpowered her conscience. When Gatsby and Tom were disputing about Daisy’s love for them, she ends up expressing love for Gatsby and not for Tom, yet she stays with Tom in the end.
While in this novel George is to blame for the death of Gatsby, Tom is more at fault for the death of The Great Gatsby because he instigated George to kill Jay Gatsby. After arriving in the city, Tom and Gatsby get into an argument due to Gatsby's hopeful way of thinking. Gatsby's plan was to convince Tom Buchanan that “[his] wife doesn’t love [him]” (Fitzgerald 100). The words that came out from Gatsby ignited a rage in Tom Buchanan, as Tom tries and does everything in his power to keep his wife. The argument that Gatsby and Tom have affects Daisy mentally, to the point that she wants to leave.
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.
When someone is murdered, is it possible for them to take the blame for their death? The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald includes topics from 1920s America such as new money and old money, discrimination of gender, and most importantly, death. In the novel, Gatsby gets shot and killed by Wilson, because his car was the car that ran over Wilson’s wife Myrtle. Many people believe that Tom is to blame for Gatsby’s death but the evidence proves otherwise. Gatsby is to blame for his own death because he let Daisy drive his car intoxicated and he was so obsessed with the idea of Daisy that it led to his downfall.
It seems as if Daisy really didn’t care who she was with, she only cared for the security of her wealth. This led to Gatsby’s demise, even though we don’t see it until after his death. Despite the fact that George physically murdered Gatsby, Daisy is really at fault. Whether it’s her not being able to let go of the past, her reckless actions, or her indecisiveness, she is who to blame for Gatsby’s
All of Daisy’s selfish actions to better her own life lead to the death. Even more importantly, Daisy’s impeccable skill of removing the blame off of herself penultimately leads to Gatsby’s doom because Daisy plays the victim. When meeting Daisy’s chosen friends, she tells Gatsby that he is “Worth the whole d**n bunch” (Fitzgerald 118). Even a minor event like this contributes to Daisy’s lack of acknowledging her actions because she shows how she holds herself higher than less ranked individuals. She puts her friends down to a lower standard and has an inability to lift them up again to look good for Gatsby, even though she chose that bunch first.
Additionally, Jay pressured Daisy into saying to Tom that she “never loved him," even though it was a lie (Fitzgerald 101). Daisy was unable to genuinely choose either Tom and Jay; this wrecked Jay given that he knew he would never be able to obtain the young woman as long as Tom was there. Moreover, Daisy made a mistake by having a side affair with Gatsby because it hurt her relationship with her husband, and Gatsby. Yet another Daisy-led event helped trigger Gatsby's demise by motivating George's desire to murder Gatsby. Myrtle's horrifying death was the gossip of the town that night, and Gatsby was the one accused for her
In my opinion, Tom is most responsible for Gatsby’s death. I believe that Tom is most responsible because Tom forgot to tell George that Daisy was the driver of Gatsby’s car the night Myrtle was hit by it. Tom forgot to tell George that because him and Daisy were plotting this out. I could tell something was up when Nick refers that “Tom and Daisy talking in the house(146). I also think that Daisy is a little bit responsible because she took on some bad morals when she hit Myrtle because she could have stopped the car after she hit Myrtle.
When Daisy didn't say the exact words he wanted, the high stress and anxiety caused irrational decisions to be made which resulted in the death of Myrtle, Tom's mistress. Although Gatsby didn’t deserve to be murdered, especially because he wasn't even the culprit, he did bring it on himself as all of the decisions he made up to that point manifested in that
Gatsby is the man that wouldn’t treat her wrong and has risked himself before for the sake of her when he entered illegal businesses to get money. Daisy obviously knows that he will pay some sort of consequence for claiming that he killed a woman. She is greedy and only cares
Finnley Dean English 3 PDC Hour 1 29 Apr. 2024 The Great Gatsby and the American Dream The Great Gatsby was an American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel follows a man named Nick while his friends and family experience different hardships. One person in particular stood out from the rest of the characters, his name was Gatsby.
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
Gatsby is consistently putting himself at odds because of his captivation with Daisy, prompting his own actions to be the basis for his death. Even though Gatsby is largely responsible for his own downfall, George Wilson believes that Gatsby killed his wife leading to him physically killing Gatsby. After hearing who killed Myrtle, her husband, George Wilson, went after the killer. On Gatsby’s property, one of Gatsby’s associates, “...Wolfsheim’s proteges- heard the shots...(Fitzgerald 124). George physically took the gun and shot Jay Gatsby after his wife’s death as revenge.
