The tragedy in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s melodrama entitled The Great Gatsby is driven by Myrtle Wilson’s obsession with a higher social status. When Myrtle married George Wilson, she was being lied to from the beginning. George claimed to be a rich, high-class citizen, while in reality he was a poor mechanic living in the Valley of Ashes, a lower class community. Myrtle couldn’t stand the idea of being poor so she had an affair with Tom Buchanan, a wealthy, married man. She fell head over heels in lust with Tom’s money and the lifestyle she led while in his company. Myrtle’s affair eventually became transparent to George due to the clear signs she allowed to slip through, such as the dog collar. One night Myrtle ran in front of a car she believed
