... request to, invite Daisy [her] to tea" (p. 63). Nick and Gatsby both are aware that Daisy is married, yet neither of them stop before pursuing Fitzgerald uses George Wilson, a naive car shop owner in the "valley of ashes," similarly to how Nick was used (p. 20). Wilson's wife, Myrtle, was engaged in an affair with Tom Buchannan, who happens to be Daisy ... with Tom in her husband's presence, "Walking through her husband as if he were a ghost" (p. 22). When Myrtle flings herself to her death, Wilson's hope died as well. During his grieving, he loses himself, because of physically losing ...

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... to recover from The Valley of Ashes; once someone is stuck there that is their final resting place. This is the place where the deaths and dreams for Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and George Wilson, these characters die due to misconception and anger. Once a character is placed in the Valley of Ashes it is only a matter of time before a tragic or fatal event occurs ... the tunnel. While in New York City Tom Buchanan has a scandalous affair with Myrtle Wilson. She doesn't care about anyone except those who will help guide her on the correct path to improve her life, as she thought Tom would...

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... great detail to exaggerate how Gatsby's smile made people feel. "Both Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, possessed wealth. Gatsby at least used his wealth to seek out beauty and claim it for himself. Buchanan the lecher lacked any larger goals. In the end, Daisy chooses to remain with Buchanan, and Gatsby is murdered by the deranged husband of Myrtle Wilson, Buchanan's mistress, who had ... been accidentally run down and killed by Daisy. Buchanan serves as Gatsby's executioner; he allows George Wilson to believe that Gatsby had killed Myrtle (Trask 2)". He is very fond of winning...

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... other way."" (151). By allowing Daisy to drive Gatsby was in part responsible for the death of Myrtle. Wilson thought it was Gatsby that was driving, mistaking Gatsby as the one who Myrtle was cheating with he decided to kill Gatsby. Devastated by the death of his wife, Wilson enters a killing rampage. The one thing that helped Wilson track down Gatsby was the immensely wealthy and lavish life that ... Gatsby lived, it was the magnificent car that Gatsby drove. "Gatsby's gorgeous cream-colored car ... the deep imprint of the fantastic car on his excited brain that enables Wilson (throu...

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... the room clueless, and Daisy suggest that they should all go into town, but she rides with Gatsby instead of her husband. This is when Tom realizes that Daisy is cheating on him with Jay. On the way home, Daisy is driving by Myrtle Wilson's home, and Myrtle runs out into the street thinking it is her lover, Tom, (Daisy's philandering husband) coming back ... wife. He goes on a hunt for the man who killed Myrtle. He goes to the Buchanan's house first, and when Daisy sees him come to the door, she begins to cry her eyes out, but Tom cannot figure out why. We assume Tom gave Mr. Wilson the...

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... the negativity of this time period, opening viewers eyes to adapt to the lifestyle of society that wasn't so glamorous. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and Tom Buchanan are all symbols of people in the lost generation in America during the early 1920's. Jay Gatsby was a man acknowledged for his riches, over the top parties, and mysterious yet intriguing past. Originally, Jay ... Gatsby was born James Gatz, a soldier during World War I. Post war, Gatsby dedicated his time attempting to climb the social ladder by creating a fortune for himself ... to matter. Creative mind...

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... loved Tom during their marriage. Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby become excited and they decide to leave the city and head back to East Egg, Gatsby and Daisy in Gatsby's car, while the others drive Tom's coupe. As Gatsby and Daisy are driving home, they pass George Wilson, Myrtle Wilson's husband, and his garage. George has suspected Myrtle of infidelity, so he kept her locked in the ... house before they move westward. Somehow, Myrtle escaped and was running towards Gatsby's car, but Gatsby's car struck her and killed ... her instantly. Gatsby and Daisy drive away frantically, hoping no one .....

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... an affair but she didn't make the connection to Myrtle Wilson, the woman she ran over. Tom indirectly caused the murder of Gatsby because he told Wilson who the owner of the car was that had hit Myrtle, but knowing quite well that Gatsby wasn't the one driving. Gatsby was killed because Wilson believed that he was the one that Myrtle was having an affair with. He thought this ... because of how Myrtle ran out to the car as if she knew ... who the driver was and because Tom told him that it was Gatsby's car that had hit her. If Myrtle had not been killed or if Gatsby had ended up drivin...

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... a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete" (162). This quotation demonstrates that Myrtle Wilson's husband George Wilson shoots Gatsby, because he thinks that Gatsby was responsible for Myrtle's death. This quotation also reveals how careless Daisy is, even when she is murdering someone, because she thinks that there's always someone who is going to take the responsibility for ... the new money people do not have the wealthy backgrounds as the new money people do. The poverty of George and Myrtle Wilson and the former poverty of Gatsby prevent them from receiving ed...

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... by all that lived during the era. We see all three of these aspects perfectly portrayed in The Great Gatsby, a novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. In this novel, the main character Jay Gatsby is shot by George Wilson. Even though Gatsby was physically killed by Wilson, there are many other characters who contributed to the end of his physical and metaphysical life. Daisy Buchannan played ... intangible. One of the major ways Daisy ended Gatsby's physical life was when she killed Myrtle in his car. "Anyhow- Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop but she couldn't so I pulled on the ...

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... stands for all of Gatsby's hopes and desires. Everyone has something that they long and search for that is just off in the distance. Gatsby's hope is destroyed by Tom's carelessness, rather then telling the truth he told Wilson that Gatsby ran over his wife. Tom told Nick: "He ran over Myrtle like you"d run ... over a dog and never even stop the car" (187). This led to Gatsby's death and the end to ... look on and remind the characters of the guilt that they forget to have for what they have done. Wilson said, "God sees everything" to Michaelis after Myrtle's death. When put "Just as Wi...

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... dream of happiness and individuality. In particular, he exposes the lie that one can use money to transform one's dreams into reality. Jay Gatsby, who tries desperately to recapture the past with his attempts to win Daisy back, develops another theme, time. However, as important as these ... Tom shows a lack of respect for his wife, Daisy. Throughout this time, Tom has been cheating on Daisy with a few girls especially, with Myrtle Wilson with whom he has had a long relationship. Even though Tom has been going out with these girls, and continues to brag about the wealth he ... sense, this...

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... my hand reached the wheel I felt the shock-it must have killed her instantly....I tried to make her stop but she couldn't (144)". In this quote Gatsby and Daisy are driving home, and Myrtle runs into the street, where Daisy runs her over. The reason why I think this quote is significant is because, since it was an accident daisy could have ... was on the revolver every minute he was in the house (178)." Although this wasn't the quote where Mr. Wilson kills Gatsby, I chose it because it showed the reasoning behind why Mr. Wilson shot Gatsby, and it also tells who was behind Gatsby's murd...

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... , Nick and Tom Buchanan, who is Daisy's husband goes to New York. Tom takes his mistress Myrtle Wilson to an apartment where they have a party. After a while, Tom slaps Myrtle for not obeying him. After they are back from the New York, Nick got an invitation to Gatsby's party and he was thrilled. He goes to the party where he get chance to meet ... . After a little discuss there, they head back to East Egg where Daisy and Gatsby are in same car. On the way, Daisy hits Myrtle on purpose and leaves her like that on the road. Later Tom, Nick and Jordan discover that it was Gatsby's car that ...

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... him once " but I loved you too. "(Fitzgerald 261) She is confused as to which one she wants. In chapter 7 she chooses Tom over Gatsby. She lets Gatsby take blame over killing Myrtle which in the end gets Gatsby killed. Jordan Baker is different from the other girls in the novel and most women of the 1920s. Jordan is portrayed as hard, independent, and ... do anything to get out of the situation she is in, so she leaves George for Tom which beats her. She never really loved Tom, she just wanted his money. "Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her ...

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... was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me!" (Page 131) I believe that Gatsby said this out of denial. He thought that maybe if he said this out loud, that it would actually be true. When Daisy told him that she would ... In fact, there is no such thing as a perfect life. There are constantly things that one wishes to attain to improve his or her life. Jay Gatsby makes this clear by showing his love for Daisy and his commitment to concluding that missing chapter in the story of his life. People who continuously strive for .....

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... to Nick's house is the enormous home of Mr. Gatsby. One evening, Nick has dinner with his distant cousin Daisy Buchanan. There he meets her husband Tom and their lady friend Jordan Baker. During the visit, Nick learns that Tom has a mistress named Myrtle Wilson, who owns a gas station with her husband. Later ... that week, Nick is invited to one of Gatsby's famous parties where he than encounters Jordan Baker once again. They sit at a table together and find ... in the course of the conversation, Tom perceives that his wife is in love with Gatsby. They all end up going to the city, wit...

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... that adulterated this dream into being wholly based on materialism and social merit. Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the author lives the corruption of this dream through Tom and Daisy (the inheritors of success), Gatsby (the achiever of success), and Myrtle (the seeker of success). These individuals are observed by Nick Caraway, the unbiased narrator and sole human being unconcerned with ... his funeral, for example, no one pays their respects except for Owl Eyes, Nick, and Gatsby's father. The bleak attendance of this ceremony proves that, in reality, those in...

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... until it is gone, or until you think you are about to lose it. Adding even more to his heartlessness, Tom snitched on Gatsby to Wilson. It was not even Gatsby's fault but he was killed anyway, because of Tom. When Nick met him on the street after everything had blown over, Tom did ... know. Tom probably did the whole cheating thing because he wasn't being satisfied at home. When you compare the two women, Daisy and Myrtle, I would probably say that Myrtle would be the more "adventurous" type. As the book describes, Daisy was a very sophisticated woman, so she might have been too tame for...

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... , Gatsby's love for Daisy is an example of Courtly Love. The theme of the Grail Romance is that of the land being laid waste, a "wasteland," where the surface does not represent the actuality of what it is supposed to be representing. This is illustrated in the novel by George and Myrtle Wilson's ... marriage. The "wasteland" is where everyone is living an inauthentic life, doing as other people do, doing as you're told, with no courage for your own life, and we see this when Myrtle is telling Tom and others that it was ... changing her outfits a couple of times a day and buying a polic...

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... his nouveau riche standard. Similar to the green light, the eyes of T.J. Eckleberg portray more than one theme but mostly represent the theme of seeing. George Wilson looks up at the eyes and claims that they are the eyes of God, "and I said "God knows what you've been doing, everything you ... but you can't fool God!" Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of T.J. Eckleberg." (160) Wilson spoke the truth, in that that the eyes do watch over many important events that unfold in the novel. For instance, they watched over the affair with ... valley...

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... into the book though, things, such as Nick's morality, start to come into question. With people he believes to be less than him, he is still less charitable. He meets Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress and thought to himself, "there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering." (Fitzgerald 25) Nick carefully ... Jordan as the big showdown between Tom and Gatsby comes to light and Daisy tells Tom she's leaving him. (Fitzgerald 133) Afterwards, Nick and Jordan get into the car with Tom and head for the city. They happen upon the sc...

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... decaying morals and the plight of the poor. A victim of the bad morality of the rich, George Wilson lives next to the valley of ashes. The mood of The Great Gatsby, hot in the middle of summer, reveals something about why characters act the way they do. During hot ... and stuffy summer months, people tend to become antsy, nervous, and do not feel comfortable staying in one place. Gatsby personifies corruption with his weekly extravagant parties and his desire for material possessions. Because of this desire, he pursued an illegal profession commonly termed " ... of the time. His excessiv...

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... and high priced clothing. In the beginning of the movie, dogs appeared in almost every scene. Dogs were at the apartment, city, Buchanan house, and even Gatsby's party. The book had only one dog, Myrtle's, which played an important role later in the book. I think that dogs were used so much because the screenplay writer wanted the viewer to remember the dog ... scene in the book occurred when Daisy ran over Myrtle. The movie left out this gruesome yet enjoyable scene completely, which took away from the viewing experience. The loss of this scene also added to the confusion of who killed...

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... Gatsby is murdered, the camera closes upon Gatsby finger with the ring, emphasizing its importance. It is a fundamental element that the director creates himself to give the audience a picture of Gatsby's profound love till death, another image of Gatsby that the director uses for his "Great Gatsby."" There are also certain scenes that only exist in the movie. When Tom Buchanon stops by Wilson ... 's garage for oil, Myrtle is locked up on ... also something of the director's predilection. The shattering glass predicts Myrtle's life breaking into pieces and the blood foretells her upcomin...

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