Who Was To Blame For The Great Gatsby Death Essay

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When Gatsby died there where many people to blame for it, Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle all had parts in the murder of the great Jay Gatsby. His death was a sad day when Nick held the funeral he invited many people to come, but for a man who was known for his great parties and wealth, there were only three people at his funeral. These three people where the only three that actually wanted to get to know him and not just use him for his magnificent parties. The three people to show were Gatsby’s dad, Nick, and the owl eyed man. Gatsby was a man who lived a happy life and wanted nobody to hate him, but by the end of the book that all change. Starting with Tom, he was played a very large role in the murder of Gatsby. With the day before the murder …show more content…
The only part she could have played in it is when she ran out and were hit by the car when Daisy was driving and she hit her and Gatsby was the one they blamed the death of here on which is why Wilson went and shot him. “The death car as the newspapers called it, didn’t stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend” (137). That is really the only part that she had in the death of Gatsby, the only reason she ran out for that car was that Tom was in it earlier when they stopped for gas, so she expected them to stop for her. The next person is Gatsby himself and how he took part in his own …show more content…
Gatsby bought that house across the bay and had those parties in hopes to have her show up so one, which she never did the only reason that they met was because Jordan showed up to one of his parties and she was the only one to know her, so he told her his master plan to meet Daisy by having tea at Nicks house. “I’m going to call up Daisy to-morrow and invite here to tea” (82). Then after they got together and meet again, Daisy would always be at Gatsby’s house and they were falling in love again. Gatsby wanted Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him and to leave him but Daisy just wanted to run away. “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: “I never loved you” (109). When Daisy finally said she was ready to tell Tom she panicked and did not tell him so Gatsby went and told him which made Tom upset so when he went to Wilson that is one of the reasons why he told him. Next is who I think is most responsible for his

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