Tom Buchanan's Death In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby Essay In the book, The Great Gatsby, there were plenty of events that occurred mainly being the death of Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby in which Daisy and Tom Buchanan have caused. Throughout the book, we see a change in relationships between Gatsby, Daisy and Tom as Gatsby and Daisy were once in love but rapidly altered because of Gatsby being in the war, resulting in Tom and Daisy being together instead. Later in the book, we see that Tom has a significant other named Myrtle Wilson while Gatsby and Daisy try to catch up with each other while making plans on what to do together in the future without Tom. Near the end of the book, these four characters would soon bring forth major consequences as a result of this as Gatsby and

In the beginning of the book, we are introduced to a character named Daisy Buchanan who is the second cousin of Nick Carraway and the wife of Tom Buchanan who used to have a love interest with Jay Gatsby. Daisy is an elegant woman who would later be changed a lot through encounters with Gatsby, other events, and even emotions. We would first see this when Gatsby, Tom, Nick, Daisy, and Jordan go out and try to cool off but would stumble upon Tom and Gatsby arguing over who Daisy loves. Lastly, near the end of the book Daisy becomes flustered and was suggested that she should drive according to Gatsby. During the drive, Daisy would then accidentally hit Myrtle, causing her death as she would then continue driving forward and pretend like nothing has ever happened. “I glanced at Daisy, who was staring terrified between Gatsby and her husband, and at Jordan, who had begun to balance an invisible but absorbing object on the tip of her chin. Then I turned back to Gatsby and was startled at his expression.”(Fitzgerald 134). These problems, such as the death of Myrtle, would not have occurred if Daisy chose not to drive and have had a different approach, especially to