Who Is Responsible For Myrtle Wilson's Death

Myrtle Wilson: Gatsby murder underlying suspect Scott F. Fitzgerald is most well known through his novel “The Great Gatsby” that was published and released in the wrapping years of the roaring twenties. Fitzgerald uses his characters to convey the flaws of American society and the American dream. He uses George Wilson as an example of old money, Jay Gatsby for new money, and Myrtle Wilson as an example of someone who finds money through men. Although George Wilson in the final analysis was responsible for Jay Gatsby's death, Myrtle Wilson was over all the character who triggered the scene to unfurl. Because George Wilson pulled the gun's trigger, he was the one that truly caused the death of Jay Gatsby. Wilson had found out that a slightly

We see George in a state of distress after this fact, and soon gets angry, wanting to seek revenge. Further along the story, George puts together the puzzle pieces that it was Gatsby who ultimately hit Myrtle. George then goes out to seek revenge at “half past two [and] he was in West Egg where he asked someone the way to Gatsby's house, so by that time he knew Gatsby's name” (Fitzgerald 145). This is telling us that he did not know who Gatsby was until he got to West Egg. Engulfed in fury, he finds his house, hides in the bushes then pulls the gun trigger as soon as Gatsby dives in the pool, leading to his true cause of death. Although George Wilson pulled the trigger, Myrtle Wilson was the underlying suspect in the murder. If Myrtle wasn’t cheating on George, then she wouldn’t have gotten hit the night of the scene, because she would not have run out in front of the car. Myrtle ran out in front of the car, thinking it was her affair, however “her life was violently extinguished” (Fitzgerald 124). She gets hit by Gatsby's car and dies, and this leads to George feeling