His feelings towards Gatsby were negative and full of hate, so he set the target on him when he told Wilson that it was a yellow car who had killed his wife and that he was a friend of the person who owned it. Which also leads to the death of George Wilson since it drives him to insanity and sets him on a mission to go and find that yellow car which didn’t take him that long. Since Tom was the real lover of Myrtle. He was the one driving the yellow car earlier
A few days later, Tom invites Nick to his party in New York City. Before they go to New York City, they stop at an auto shop in an area between the West Egg and New York City, called the Valley of Ashes, to pick up Tom's mistress, Myrtle. Nick realizes that Myrtle is arrogant and superficial. This party seemed endless and, in a way, sets the tone for other parties in the novel. Nick grows fascinated with his neighbor Jay Gatsby, who hosts lavish parties in the West Egg. "
Myrtle's sister Catherine states “when they get married they’re going west to live for a while until it blows over.”(34) Tom is a married man, and never made a promise to Myrtle that he would separate from Daisy to be with her. Myrtle is a side chick of Tom’s and she doesn’t want to believe that’s all. Mrs. Wilson shouted “Daisy!
Tom's choices had just hit his final domino and the fate he had been building up to was finally set. At this moment his choices with his wife had led a bystander to be hurt. If Tom did not cheat on his wife Daisy or allowed her to drive home with Gatsby, Myrtle would still be alive. Thus, through both his actions and attitudes, Tom Buchanan bears significant responsibility for Myrtle Wilson's death in The Great
Tom is having an affair with Myrtle, and does care about her, to some degree. So he tells George Wilson -- Myrtle’s husband -- that the car that killed Myrtle belonged to Gatsby. Tom has a great effect on the plot when he says this to George, basically putting bullets in George’s gun. This quote is Tom telling George the truth: “‘Listen,’ said Tom, shaking a little. ‘I just got here a minute ago, from New York.
When a dream is taken too seriously to the point where reality is forgotten, it can physically harm a person. When Gatsby was shot by Wilson, Nick Carraway sheds light on the reason behind this tragic incident. Nick describes the loss of Gatsby 's life as Gatsby “[pays] a high price for living too long with a single dream”(Fitzgerald 165). Gatsby’s life was dedicated to achieving one dream, to be happy with Daisy. His dedication to his dream effected his view of reality.
Tom “picked up” Wilson as if he were a “doll” to sit him up in a chair. Wilson was so upset that he was unable to function at even the most basic level. So much of his being was wrapped up in his love for Myrtle that without her, he was unable to function in reality (144). Finally, at the end of the novel, Wilson is so absorbed in his sorrow and anger about Myrtle’s death that he does the unthinkable. He travels “on foot” from his home in the Valley of Ashes to West Egg, and kills Gatsby out of anger.
Love leads to hardship and lies “Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love” said Mario Teguh. This quote states that someone should never make a big choice when they are upset or in love. If this does happen then this will lead to hardship and making bad choices. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald love leads to lies and hardship results in gatsby lying about who ran over Myrtle and Gatsby dieing over the revenge for Myrtle 's death.
Furthermore, he leads George B. Wilson to believe that Gatsby is Myrtle’s killer. This results in Gatsby’s death, but Tom feels no
Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I 'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai——"Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. (2.124-6) After Tom’s treatment towards Myrtle makes us readers to understand that for him Myrtle is just another affair.
Later on in the book Gatsby describes the incident of how Myrtle Wilson was killed to Nick. He said to him, “You see, when we left New York she was very nervous and she thought it would steady her to drive-and this woman rushed out at us just as we were passing a car coming the other way... Well, first Daisy turned away from the woman toward the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back” (pg 143). From the view of readers they do not want to blame Daisy for what happened; they all find her to be a pure and innocent person who would not kill someone. The readers’ intent is to blame Gatsby because he was in the car with Daisy at the time of the accident even though he was not the one that killed
In the novel The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald set in the 1920s, a man named Jay Gatsby who became rich through illegal means tries to win the heart of a woman named Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan’s wife. The wife of a garage owner named George Wilson, Myrtle, is also having an affair with Tom. Throughout the course of the novel, Tom and Wilson run into similar encounters. Both of them discover that their wives have been cheating on them and have comparable reactions. These discoveries and related events reveal their attitudes toward women and become violent.
The Great Gatsby The 1920s was defined by the American dream. It states that if you work hard then you can achieve anything in life. However many came quick to realize that the piece of propaganda that they have been living by was merely all it was, a piece of propaganda. Many could not achieve the dream they so desperately strived for.
Jealousy is the root of a lot problems this is the case with F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby. In this book we will talk about how jealousy is the main factor in this topic. Consequently proving how jealous Tom Buchanan is when he is surrounded Jay Gatsby.
Tom’s altercation with Myrtle accentuates his hypocrisy and lack of self-control; while he doesn’t feel guilty for cheating on Daisy with Myrtle, he feels that he has the right to maintain his authority over Myrtle. In this same scene, Myrtle, who is also drunk, draws attention to the negative aspects of her personality.
