In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character, Jay Gatsby, dies at the hands of three men named Tom Buchanan, George Wilson, and Gatsby himself, and the author is able to set up his death in multiple ways throughout the novel. Tom Buchanan is the husband of Daisy Buchanan who feels angered and resentment towards Gatsby after arguing about who Daisy loves leading to jealousy. George Wilson is the widowed husband of Myrtle Wilson, and begins to seek revenge on the person who hit and killed his wife. Gatsby, the main character, believes he can relive the past with Daisy and be able to ignore everything that happened in the past five years of being separated from her; however, there are many complications blocking this dream to
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To begin, Fitzgerald portrays Tom as responsible for killing Gatsby on both literal and figurative levels. Months after Gatsby’s death, Nick and Tom suddenly meet in the city. Here, Nick asks Toms what he told Wilson after the night that Myrtle died. Tom, in response, confesses, “I told him the truth.” He then goes on further and asks Nick what’s wrong if he did tell Wilson the truth. It’s in this scene that Fitzgerald shows the reader that Tom literally killed Gatsby by being the one to tell Wilson that Gatsby is the owner of the yellow car that killed Myrtle. Fitzgerald included this scene so the audience is shown how Tom was responsible because if Wilson wasn’t told about Gatsby from Tom, then Wilson might not have ever known about the owner of the car that killed his wife. This leads to the conclusion that Gatsby might have lived longer. …show more content…
In a literal sense, Fitzgerald sets it up in the scene where Nick interrogates Tom about what happened the day Gatsby died. Tom reveals the fact that when Wilson came to him that night, he had a hand on a gun “every minute he was in the home.” This demonstrates that even when Wilson wasn’t with Gatsby, Wilson was ready to kill him if Wilson saw Gatsby by chance. Fitzgerald implies that Wilson was the one who shot and killed Gatsby by the pool as well as represent how dead set Wilson was on killing Gatsby. Wilson accepts the fact that he has to kill Gatsby to avenge the death of his wife, and because he already has the weapon for the crime, he just needs the information from Tom. If Wilson had not received the information from Tom, Wilson would not have shot Gatsby. Figuratively speaking, Fitzgerald also portrays Wilson being responsible for Gatsby 's death. After Myrtle is killed, Wilson’s neighbor Michaelis comes over to watch him. As they talk about Myrtle, Wilson notices out the window the advertisement of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. As he looks at the board, he mutters, “God sees everything” while nodding out the window. This quote shows how in Wilson’s mind, the advertisement and its eyes represent the eyes of God. It represents how Wilson figuratively kills Gatsby because this sentence exhibits how Wilson justifies killing Gatsby. For Wilson, if God
To begin, Fitzgerald portrays Tom as responsible for killing Gatsby on both literal and figurative levels. Months after Gatsby’s death, Nick and Tom suddenly meet in the city. Here, Nick asks Toms what he told Wilson after the night that Myrtle died. Tom, in response, confesses, “I told him the truth.” He then goes on further and asks Nick what’s wrong if he did tell Wilson the truth. It’s in this scene that Fitzgerald shows the reader that Tom literally killed Gatsby by being the one to tell Wilson that Gatsby is the owner of the yellow car that killed Myrtle. Fitzgerald included this scene so the audience is shown how Tom was responsible because if Wilson wasn’t told about Gatsby from Tom, then Wilson might not have ever known about the owner of the car that killed his wife. This leads to the conclusion that Gatsby might have lived longer. …show more content…
In a literal sense, Fitzgerald sets it up in the scene where Nick interrogates Tom about what happened the day Gatsby died. Tom reveals the fact that when Wilson came to him that night, he had a hand on a gun “every minute he was in the home.” This demonstrates that even when Wilson wasn’t with Gatsby, Wilson was ready to kill him if Wilson saw Gatsby by chance. Fitzgerald implies that Wilson was the one who shot and killed Gatsby by the pool as well as represent how dead set Wilson was on killing Gatsby. Wilson accepts the fact that he has to kill Gatsby to avenge the death of his wife, and because he already has the weapon for the crime, he just needs the information from Tom. If Wilson had not received the information from Tom, Wilson would not have shot Gatsby. Figuratively speaking, Fitzgerald also portrays Wilson being responsible for Gatsby 's death. After Myrtle is killed, Wilson’s neighbor Michaelis comes over to watch him. As they talk about Myrtle, Wilson notices out the window the advertisement of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. As he looks at the board, he mutters, “God sees everything” while nodding out the window. This quote shows how in Wilson’s mind, the advertisement and its eyes represent the eyes of God. It represents how Wilson figuratively kills Gatsby because this sentence exhibits how Wilson justifies killing Gatsby. For Wilson, if God