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What Led To Gatsby's Downfall

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Gatsby has guided his entire life towards Daisy and their married life. Everything he does is in her shadow in hopes of attracting her into his idea of a perfect life. Gatsby simply wishes to be with Daisy no matter the circumstances. While Gatsby may be determined in his pursuit of love, it is what eventually leads to his downfall. Gatsby’s entire life is based off his values, being reputation and determination. It was not worth at all for Gatsby to do everything in his power to get Daisy because, he focused heavily on determination and love which directed his demise. Gatsby pursues the value of reputation or wishing himself to be the image of someone people look up to. He became filthy rich after involving himself in the liquor bootleg business. …show more content…

Gatsby met Daisy five years prior to the tea party at Nick’s house. Considering Gatsby fought in the war, most people in the same scenario would have completely forgotten about someone they had a crush on five years ago. If Gatsby and Daisy were already married or engaged it would be more understandable as to why he still pursued her after all those years. Gatsby threw everything he had at the world to try and get the attention of his former lover. From prominent parties to his massive estate across the bay. He spent an extravagant amount of money to throw these parties all in hopes of catching Daisy’s attention. To be able to pay for all of these expensive desires, Gatsby joined the bootlegging business which was considered illegal in the setting The Great Gatsby was written. Another thing Gatsby lost because of his determination was his reputation and his life. When Gatsby was riding alongside Daisy in his cream-colored car after the big “confession”, Daisy accidentally road killed Myrtle while trying to get away from New York. The Gatsby’s fatal error was when he took the blame for the killing rather than letting the truth be known that it was Daisy’s fault. When Wilson was out for vengeance, all clues lead to Gatsby and away from the real killer. Gatsby’s death when covered in the news was all a misdemeanor. Instead of revealing the tragedy of his death, they exposed him for his bootlegging and supposed murder of Myrtle. This is the reason why no one shows up to Gatsby’s funeral. This series of unfortunate events is all due to Gatsby’s value of

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So when she got hit, Gatsby took the blame. George Wilson was not very happy about that and found Gatsby and murdered him in his backyard. If Myrtle wouldn’t have done that, Gatsby would still be alive. But Myrtle did it all for

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Gatsby was raised to believe in and strive for the American dream. Money, fame and glory were almost seen as guaranteed to someone who worked hard. However, Gatsby's fixation with Daisy is seen throughout the novel. He had been in love with her for a very long time. Before Gatsby was deployed he and Daisy had a very flirty relationship, and he held on to that all through his deployment and years after.

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They source to which the money came from was not an honest source; Gatsby was doing illegal things to gain wealth. Tom ,Daisy’s husband, had even confronted him about where he received all of his money. " He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That's one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him.”

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IN the novel The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy is morally responsible for Gatsby's death because she was the one who hit Myrtle and kept quiet to keep living the American dream. Although it's unclear to the other characters, when driving back home with Gatsby, Daisy decides to drive. Myrtle ran into the street and Daisy couldn't stop in time, killing her instantly and when Gatsby insisted on stopping to help Daisy wouldn't. Nick and Tom were unaware it was Daisy driving and she didn't speak up, leaving the blame on Gatsby. The death angered Mr. Wilson, causing him to want revenge.

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Gatsby puts on a facade and tells everyone that he inherited his money, but in reality Gatsby has other means by which he earns his money for the sake of Daisy. He stoops to a level that shows that he has no care for his morals and he will go to any extent if it means making Daisy happy and earning money. He commits multiple crimes including buying “side-street drug-stores in Chicago and [selling] grain alcohol over the counter” (Fitzgerald 133). He doesn’t care about getting in trouble with the law because he is no longer living for himself, and it seems like he is only living for Daisy, who embodies the wealthy lifestyle Gatsby has wanted his whole life. Gatsby got rich out of a sense of “desperation and crazy hopefulness, out of refusing to get over a broken heart and give up the love of his life” (Voegeli).

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