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Essay / Prosperity in New York in The...
The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a book about the pursuit of the American dream in 1922. The story takes readers through a period of great prosperity. in New York and on both sides of Long Island, East and West Egg. Nick Carraway has left the Midwest and is in New York learning the bond business. He meets many different characters throughout the book, including: Daisy and Tom Buchanan, George and Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, and Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. After a complicated series of events, Gatsby, George, and Myrtle died. George is the one who pulled the trigger on Gatsby, but is not entirely responsible for Gatsby's death. Many of the people involved started the chain of events that ultimately led to Gatsby's death. There are three main people responsible for his death; Daisy takes advantage of Gatsby the second she finds him and triggers George's desire to kill Gatsby by killing Myrtle, while Tom never liked Gatsby from the second he met him and triggers all the events that led to his death. Gatsby has so much love and need for Daisy that he allows himself and everything he does to be consumed, which greatly contributes to her death. Daisy Buchanan is one of the major characters involved in Gatsby's death. After finding Gatsby at Nick's house one afternoon, she begins to see him more often. This, however, causes Tom to become suspicious of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship. For example, Gatsby invited them both to one of his parties and Tom made sure to keep an eye on Daisy all night. This shows how Tom never trusted or liked Gatsby. When Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Jordan and Nick head to the hotel suite one hot afternoon, Daisy hurts Gatsby by returning to Tom after the big argument ... middle of paper ... as u would do. ran over a dog and never even stopped his car.'” (191). Tom let his hatred for Gatsby get the better of him and let George believe that Gatsby was the one who drove the car that killed Myrtle. Although George was the one who directly killed Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby himself played an indirect role in his death. . It was Daisy who crushed Myrtle and let Gatsby take the blame. Gatsby let his love for Daisy take over him. This then caused Wilson to kill Gatsby because he was the suspected driver of the car that ran over his wife. When Myrtle was killed, Tom made sure no fingers were pointed at him and more at his neighbor across the bay. He had reason to take revenge on Gatsby – the affair with Daisy and the supposed murder of Daisy. In conclusion, Gatsby's death was due to a combination of Daisy, Tom, George and Gatsby himself..