Who killed Mr. Jay Gatsby? Some people may say it was George Wilson, but is that really who killed Gatsby? In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan reveals to George Wilson that Gatsby was supposedly the driver of the car that killed Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress. I don’t think George Wilson is the reason Jay Gatsby was shot and killed at his home.
There are quite a few people that could be responsible for the death of Gatsby, one of which is Gatsby himself. Gatsby was self-deceptive, he tried to get in between Daisy and Tom’s marriage. Gatsby tried to get in between their marriage which leads to Tom’s hatred towards Gatsby. Now that Tom has this hatred toward Gatsby he is more than happy to tell George Wilson that it was Mr. Jay Gatsby that was …show more content…
On page 110 Nick stated “You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past’’ he [Gatsby] cried incredulously. “Why of course you can” (Fitzgerald 110) This shows Gatsby’s foolishness because he thought he could get into Tom and Daisy’s relationship and win Daisy back, even though Daisy had already fell in love with Tom.
Another reason I think Gatsby got himself killed is that even after Daisy broke Gatsby’s heart he was still devoted to winning Daisy back. Gatsby showed he was still devoted to Daisy because when Daisy was driving his car he took the blame for running Myrtle over. This shows just how much Gatsby loves Daisy; he is willing to give his life away just so she can be happy. Gatsby even stays in the bushes behind the Buchanan’s house just to make sure that Tom wasn’t going to hurt Daisy because of what she had said previously to killing his mistress Myrtle.
To conclude, I believe that Mr. Jay Gatsby is responsible for his own death. Gatsby was selfish and reckless in his time trying to win Daisy back. If Gatsby would’ve just moved on with his life, he would have never been killed. But I will say that I admire his passion and relentlessness to be denied what he wants and what makes him happy in life. But, I do think that MR. Gatsby is responsible for his own
There are quite a few people that could be responsible for the death of Gatsby, one of which is Gatsby himself. Gatsby was self-deceptive, he tried to get in between Daisy and Tom’s marriage. Gatsby tried to get in between their marriage which leads to Tom’s hatred towards Gatsby. Now that Tom has this hatred toward Gatsby he is more than happy to tell George Wilson that it was Mr. Jay Gatsby that was …show more content…
On page 110 Nick stated “You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past’’ he [Gatsby] cried incredulously. “Why of course you can” (Fitzgerald 110) This shows Gatsby’s foolishness because he thought he could get into Tom and Daisy’s relationship and win Daisy back, even though Daisy had already fell in love with Tom.
Another reason I think Gatsby got himself killed is that even after Daisy broke Gatsby’s heart he was still devoted to winning Daisy back. Gatsby showed he was still devoted to Daisy because when Daisy was driving his car he took the blame for running Myrtle over. This shows just how much Gatsby loves Daisy; he is willing to give his life away just so she can be happy. Gatsby even stays in the bushes behind the Buchanan’s house just to make sure that Tom wasn’t going to hurt Daisy because of what she had said previously to killing his mistress Myrtle.
To conclude, I believe that Mr. Jay Gatsby is responsible for his own death. Gatsby was selfish and reckless in his time trying to win Daisy back. If Gatsby would’ve just moved on with his life, he would have never been killed. But I will say that I admire his passion and relentlessness to be denied what he wants and what makes him happy in life. But, I do think that MR. Gatsby is responsible for his own