The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about how, as hard as you may try, dreams don’t always come true… or is it? Throughout the book, the main character, Gatsby, is a constant symbol of chasing your dreams. In the end, though, he doesn’t reach it and also gets shot, but was this preventable? Yes. It was not his dreams’ fault, but the people around him and himself. Three people are most at fault for the death of Gatsby, though, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom. Although Gatsby and Daisy are partially responsible, Tom’s actions are the paramount reason for Gatsby’s death. Gatsby is at fault for his own death because of his quest for his dream at any cost. Gatsby puts himself in danger in order to achieve his dream. Towards the …show more content…
They say, “‘He’s a bootlegger.’” (Fitzgerald 48). Later in the book we learn more about Gatsby’s shady business. During the hot day in the hotel, Tom starts unraveling Gatsby’s past and crime web. During this rant, Tom says, “‘I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were.… He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter.’” (Fitzgerald 103). Later, Tom goes on to say, “‘Walter could have you up on the betting laws too, but Wolfsheim scared him into shutting his mouth.’” and, “‘you’ve got something on now that Walter’s afraid to tell me about.’” (Fitzgerald 103). Gatsby is deep in the New York crime scene. He’s a bootlegger, runs bets, and more that people are too scared to say. Gatsby doesn’t try to hide it either. He is …show more content…
This is fair, as George did shoot Gatsby, but it wasn’t his fault. George was not in the right state of mind. George was described as crazy and insane after Myrtle’s death. After Myrtle’s death, George manages to start running to find out who killed Myrtle. During this, a group of boys described him as, “‘acting sort of crazy.’” (Fitzgerald 123). After that, when George actually kills Gatsby, that newspaper describes him as a “madman.” (Fitzgerald 125). At the end of the book when Tom and Nick meet up again, Tom describes George as, “‘crazy enough to kill me.’” (Fitzgerald 136). Wilson was clearly broken from Myrtle’s death. Daisy and Tom are more to blame here for her running Myrtle over and him giving her a reason to. George may have killed Gatsby, but he wasn’t in control when it