How Did Jay Gatsby Caused His Death

Gatsby – The Cause of His Own Death In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the roaring 20’s had been introduced. It had been told from first person point of view, by Nick Carraway. The young James Gatz had fallen in love with the beautiful Daisy Fay, before he had gone to war. Daisy had married the wealthy Tom Buchanan, whom is very arrogant and currently having his third affair. As James grew older, he met a man by the name of Dan Cody, and he had decided to change his name to Jay Gatsby. Years later, Gatsby had still been in love with Daisy Buchanan. Who is to blame for the death of Jay Gatsby; the one who pulled the trigger, right? Wrong. Tom and Daisy definitely contributed, but ultimately Gatsby had caused his own death. While Gatsby was growing up, his parents always knew he would go far in life. On page 173, his daily schedule is stated. “Rise from bed at 6:00am […] Study needed inventions from 7:00 – 9:00pm” (Fitzgerald). Already, it had been apparent Gatsby was very smart. Also, it showed great …show more content…
Tom didn’t like Gatsby from the minute he found out he and his wife had loved each other. “Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table. ‘You always look so cool,’ she repeated. She had told him she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw” (Fitzgerald 119). Tom was furious when he heard Daisy loved Gatsby now, and he would do anything to get rid of Gatsby. After the accident with Myrtle, Tom makes sure that George knows Gatsby had been driving the car which killed his wife (Fitzgerald 140). It had been obvious Tom wants George to get revenge on Gatsby, because Gatsby wanted to take his wife. Also, Tom picked up on the fact George was aware his wife had been unfaithful, and was after the man she was having an affair with. Tom figured he would let Gatsby take the blame for both driving the car and having the affair, because Tom didn’t want to