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What Was Your Response To Myrtle Wilson's Death

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(May 29th 1922) - A shattered corpse of a woman was found at the valley of ashes last Saturday night at 9.30 pm. Eyewitnesses stated that she was hit by a yellow Rolls Royce, and a number of them suspect the vehicle was in the possession Jay Gatsby. This shouldn’t be a new lead that police have gotten a hold of, as rumors of several hit and runs incidents have been reported throughout New York. According to police reports, the victims name was Myrtle Wilson. Her close friend explained that she was the spouse of George Wilson, a garage owner in the industrial wasteland of the valley of ashes. Friends and family stated that she was a woman of great vitality and joyful individual who was able to uplift the people around her. Our journalist tried to conduct an …show more content…

‘I was shocked for a while like everyone else. I did not know what to do at that point. The yellow car did not stop and just kept on going. All I knew was that Myrtle couldn’t have survived the crash, and judging from the way her body twisted and folded at the moment of impact, I knew that she had died on the spot. The driver was definitely a cold-blooded individual who lacks morality and does not have a sense of sympathy. I mean, what kind of person does not even stop to check on someone that she just hit? If you ask me, she would be the worst kind of person on the face of this already rotted, cruel and selfish world.’ What is your relationship with the victim? I am Myrtle’s neighbor, and what’s concerned and annoyed me is that Myrtle and George are having a complicated relationship for a while. There were rumors Myrtle has been unfaithful and was having an affair with a rich guy from one of the Eggs. There are disputing, harsh conversations almost every day coming from George’s garage. The person who killed Myrtle could be the person who she was having the affair with as it was understood that George and Myrtle were planning to move west immediately.’ Who was on the

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