The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a book written about what the American dream has become. The book was published in 1925, centering around the attempt of the main character, Jay Gatsby, to get back the girl he had met five years prior. He met Daisy Buchanan, then Fay, while he was in the military. But she gets married while Gatsby is away to a man by the name of Tom Buchanan. Tom has a mistress, Myrtle Wilson, that Daisy knows about, which helps her to be okay with having an affair of her own. Myrtle’s husband, George Wilson, suspects that his wife is having an affair. His assumptions are right, but what happens leads to the death of three people. All the characters have a desire for wealth and higher class recognition, which leads to the tragic death. Although not directly responsible; Myrtle Wilson, Tom Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby are all responsible in some way for the most tragic death.
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She doesn’t like being poor, and her interpretation of the American dream is to be with a gentleman that has money. She wants exactly what Shiller says, “... many can become excessively lustful about homeownership and wealth to the detriment of our economy and society.”(Shiller). Myrtle wants wealth and a nicer home, so she seeks a man with money. If she had never sought for more, she and George would still be together. Myrtle puts herself out there and gets caught by her husband, so, “‘She ran out ina road. Son-of-a-bitch didn’t even stopus car.’”(Fitzgerald 139). She runs out into the road because she thinks it is someone she knows, but it isn’t. What happens really upsets George, leading him to kill the so-called murderer and himself. So while Myrtle wasn’t directly responsible for the tragic hero’s death, she was definitely responsible in a way because she could have stayed put and kept herself
She doesn’t like being poor, and her interpretation of the American dream is to be with a gentleman that has money. She wants exactly what Shiller says, “... many can become excessively lustful about homeownership and wealth to the detriment of our economy and society.”(Shiller). Myrtle wants wealth and a nicer home, so she seeks a man with money. If she had never sought for more, she and George would still be together. Myrtle puts herself out there and gets caught by her husband, so, “‘She ran out ina road. Son-of-a-bitch didn’t even stopus car.’”(Fitzgerald 139). She runs out into the road because she thinks it is someone she knows, but it isn’t. What happens really upsets George, leading him to kill the so-called murderer and himself. So while Myrtle wasn’t directly responsible for the tragic hero’s death, she was definitely responsible in a way because she could have stayed put and kept herself