Why Is Myrtle Wilson Wrong

Hampton Dixon Mini-Lit Class Mrs. Meter September 21, 2023 Wrongfully Killed On a dark night, with tensions rising and tempers flaring. The owner of a tiny, somewhat beaten-up garage has a tragedy strike him. His wife Myrtle Wilson storms out of their house after a massive argument, waving her hands around like a mad woman expecting Tom Buchannen, her secret lover to stop and drive her away, only to receive a face full of a car's front bumper. After she passes away her husband Mr. Wilson acts on his anger, wrongly accusing Jay Gatsby (the owner of the car who hit her) of murdering her, but he does not use his words to accuse him. He sneaks up behind Gatsby and uses something that might have hurt more than words. A bullet pierces the back of

In The Great Gatsby, Wilson's wife Myrtle was run over by a car. Wilson was distressed by her death. He was so distressed by her death he broke into Gatsby's house and killed him. Wilson’s murder of Gatsby was worse than Myrtle’s accidental death because Gatsby was killed for a crime he didn’t commit. Here are three ways Wilson killing Gatsby was worse: Wilson did not thoroughly investigate whether Gatsby was the right person, it was irresponsible of Wilson to make decisions in an overly emotional state of mind and it’s always a tragedy when an innocent person is punished for a

Even though Gatsby had a fair amount of awesome things he had done, he was trying to live a better life. He was trying to make the world and the community around him better. Had he lived, Gatsby would have done more for the world and his community than Myrtle would have for three reasons: Gatsby was a war veteran, Gatsby was very smart, while Myrtle did not use her brain all the time and Gatsby was not afraid to go after what he