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Tom Buchanan Is To Blame For The Death Of The Great Gatsby

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Austin Noreikis Mr. Arthur English 10 11 April 2024. Claim and Counterclaim of Daisy and Jordan from The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about a young millionaire in the roaring twenties named Jay Gatsby who is engulfed in fame, popularity, and mystery. Jay Gatsby is a hopeful bootlegger who came up from the dirt. Jay gets caught in a love triangle with Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s wild journey to reconnection with Daisy, the love of his life, ends up getting him killed due to the lack of morals and the invulnerability of the rich. 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. In The Great Gatsby there are many people that could be blamed for the death of Jay Gatsby, but the two main characters who ended up directly or indirectly killing Gatsby were undoubtedly George Wilson and Tom …show more content…

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. Tom suggested that Daisy and Gatsby drive home together, which led to Daisy hitting Myrtle with Gatsby's car. This sequence of events causes Tom to tell Gatsby, which ends up getting him murdered by George

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