The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is full of complex character interactions and dynamics, and many characters' motivations seem unclear. The main character, Jay Gatsby, is a bootlegger who rose from rags to riches and is madly in love with a married woman Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby’s life is ended by a man named George Wilson, whose wife is run over by Daisy in Gatsby’s car and who believes Gatsby was having an affair with his wife. While George Wilson shoots Gatsby, Gatsby is responsible for his own death. George pulled the trigger, however, he was only there because Gatby’s unsavory reputation made it plausible he was having an affair with George’s wife, Gatsby let a nervous Daisy drive his car recklessly and kill Myrtle, and Gatsby’s
…show more content…
Following Mrs.Wilson's demise Jay Gatsby makes no attempts to secure himself from the wrath of Mr.Wilson, he neither turns himself in nor leaves the area. The night of Myrtle’s death, after running her over, Daisy sped up and then Jay pulled the emergency brake. Instead of turning around and assessing how injured Myrtle was, Jay “drove on” away from the crime scene. (Fitzgerald 111) This seals his fate as if he had turned around the truth would have come out and both him and Daisy would have been taken into custody, this would have shielded him from George and his refusal to turn around caused him to later die. Moreover, after deciding not to turn around, Gatsby decides to stay in town instead of being safe and leaving. The next day after Myrtle’s death, Nick arrives at Gatsby’s house to implore him to leave town until it is safe to return. Nick voices his concerns to Gatsby, expressing that it is likely his car will be traced and he “ought to go away” Jay, in his futile quest for love, “couldn’t possibly leave Daisy” and refuses to seek safety. (Fitzgerald 113) Gatsby not caring that the crime of Myrtle’s death could be traced to him and him refusing to leave highlights how the blame for his death falls on his own
Following Mrs.Wilson's demise Jay Gatsby makes no attempts to secure himself from the wrath of Mr.Wilson, he neither turns himself in nor leaves the area. The night of Myrtle’s death, after running her over, Daisy sped up and then Jay pulled the emergency brake. Instead of turning around and assessing how injured Myrtle was, Jay “drove on” away from the crime scene. (Fitzgerald 111) This seals his fate as if he had turned around the truth would have come out and both him and Daisy would have been taken into custody, this would have shielded him from George and his refusal to turn around caused him to later die. Moreover, after deciding not to turn around, Gatsby decides to stay in town instead of being safe and leaving. The next day after Myrtle’s death, Nick arrives at Gatsby’s house to implore him to leave town until it is safe to return. Nick voices his concerns to Gatsby, expressing that it is likely his car will be traced and he “ought to go away” Jay, in his futile quest for love, “couldn’t possibly leave Daisy” and refuses to seek safety. (Fitzgerald 113) Gatsby not caring that the crime of Myrtle’s death could be traced to him and him refusing to leave highlights how the blame for his death falls on his own