Significance Of Myrtle's Death In The Great Gatsby

Nick starts the chapter off two years after Gatsby and George’s death. He describes how he can remember the days that followed the murder suicide and how one reporter had used the expression ‘madman’ to describe George. This expression was later used in the newspaper to describe the horrendous event (163). The policeman can represent how everyone comes up with their own conclusions before knowing the entire story. The murder of Gatsby was a good decision in George’s mind because he believed that Gatsby had killed his wife. George was sad from the loss of his beloved wife and wanted to make the person responsible pay for what they had done.
Nick also describes how Catherine, Myrtle’s sister, said her sisters’ marriage was fine and that Myrtle loved her husband and had never seen Gatsby (164). This says a lot about Catherine because she was trying to defend her sister. It shows how loyal she was to her …show more content…
However, Daisy and Tom were already gone and they did not leave any way to contact them to tell them of Gatsby’s death. Daisy is responsible for Myrtle, George, and Gatsby’s death and she just fled the scene and ran away with Tom instead of saving Gatsby or telling someone what she did originally. Daisy is the reason Gatsby veers off of his original path to a wealth and happy life.
Since Nick could not get in contact with Daisy he tried his best to get someone to Gatsby’s funeral. He did not want Gatsby to be alone at his funeral, Nick is the one good friend that Gatsby had. Nick did research and tried to find Gatsby’s father but his father actually found him. One day the phone rang and Nick answered it thinking it may be Daisy but it was Slagle, Gatsby’s criminal contact, and Nick told him that Gatsby was dead (166). Three days after the phone call, a telegram was sent to Nick from Gatsby’s father who wanted to attend the funeral