... 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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... , and their indulgence in alcohol. Nothing in their daily lives is spared from this outrageous standard of living, and the automobiles that they drive are no exception. Throughout The Great Gatsby, the issue of class, wealth, and the American Dream is illustrated literally and metaphorically through the use of the automobile. For most Americans, the automobile was simply a means of transportation ... , but for the upper crust of society that wasn't concerned about commuting to a factory, the car was a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby both own extravagant cars i...

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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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... 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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... at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart"(25). He has numerous affairs in particular one with Myrtle Wilson. He was a hypocrite after being disloyal to Daisy when she started an affair with Gatsby he was offended. He had an unusual short temper and a gift for gaining revenge. Upon losing his temper with ... Myrtle Wilson, his mistress, without a thought, "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand"(41). Tom displayed his immoral and cunning side when he took advantage of George Wilson, when he...

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... is there. They look over the situation, objectively, but offer a kind of judgment on the characters and their actions. They are placed near Wilson's because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place, like Myrtle's death and Tom's affair. All of these crimes go unpunished. So they eyes look on and remind the characters of the guilt that they ... I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom is a yuppy and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. He is having an affair, which he makes no attempt to keep secret, with Myrtle Wilson while stringing along Myrt...

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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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... 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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... 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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... through three women. The story is about love and deception between three girls. In the novel, Daisy loves Jay Gatsby but stays with her husband Tom Buchannan, because of the security he can offer her. Myrtle Wilson cheated on her husband and in the meantime did not treat him well. Jordan Baker is a woman who lies ... which was said to be made in an illegal way. She told Gatsby repeatedly that she loved him but still in the end preferred to be with Tom. She destroyed people's lives and then left the mess with them to clean up. Myrtle treats her husband as if he is less than she is. In th...

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... book are almost the same. The climax in the book happens when Myrtle is killed, that causes George to go off the deep end and kill Gatsby. Myrtle's murder is described more in the book than Gatsby murder. In the movie Gatsby's murder is the climax. Everything that happens afterwards, the revelation that Gatsby was as lonely as everyone else, that everything he did was in ... advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. The connection between the Doctor's eyes and God exists only in George Wilson's mind. Color plays an important part in both the movie and the book. The green light at ...

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... book. Tom Buchanan is a rich man married to Daisy who is the second cousin once removed of the narrator Nick. Tom is cheating on his wife Daisy with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. When Nick was over Daisy's house Tom received a phone call from his mistress and at that time Nick was informed from Jordan Baker of the affair. Tom invites Nick to ... from right to wrong is when she does not confess to hitting Myrtle with Gatsby's car. Gatsby's death could have been avoided if she confessed her wrong doing. Tom automatically accused Gatsby of killing his mistress, therefore when Mr. Wilson was...

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... Tom Buchanan. Tom and Daisy Buchanan also possess great wealth, but they inherited it and it has been in their family for years, where as Gatsby earned all his money. During the course of these affairs, many things go wrong as the people involved in this love triangle go through tribulations and ... problems. Many symbols appear during the novel, including the ever-watchful eyes of Dr. Eckleburg, and Daisy's green dock light, that Gatsby has stared at many nights. Dr. Eckleburg's eyes watch over the Valley of Ashes. The valley of ashes is " a fantastic farm where ashes grow ... When To...

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... their desired place in the social world. They trade their beliefs for the hope of being acceptance. Myrtle believes she can scorn her true social class in an attempt to be accepted into Ton's, Jay Gatsby who bases his whole life on buying love with wealth, and Daisy, who instead of marrying the ... end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). The first example of a character whose morals are destroyed is Myrtle. Myrtle's attempt to enter into the group to which the Buchanans belong is doomed to fail. She enters the affair with Tom, hoping to adopt his way ...

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... their desired place in the social world. They trade their beliefs for the hope of being acceptance. Myrtle believes she can scorn her true social class in an attempt to be accepted into Ton's, Jay Gatsby who bases his whole life on buying love with wealth, and Daisy, who instead of marrying the ... end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). The first example of a character whose morals are destroyed is Myrtle. Myrtle's attempt to enter into the group to which the Buchanans belong is doomed to fail. She enters the affair with Tom, hoping to adopt his way ...

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... Jordan, something Tom allows to prove to Gatsby Daisy's faithfulness in her marriage. During the drive home, Tom stops to investigate a commotion at Wilson's garage. Mr. Wilson is Tom's mistress' husband, and thus he is rather well acquainted with Tom. This commotion, Tom finds out, happens because Daisy killed Tom's mistress Myrtle in a hit-and-run. When Wilson regains his senses from his grief, ... he confronts Tom with a gun at Tom's home. Tom convinces Wilson that Gatsby killed his wife, and thus the book ends with Gatsby being shot by Wilson. Wilson ... killed Gatsby because he fig...

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... Jordan, something Tom allows to prove to Gatsby Daisy's faithfulness in her marriage. During the drive home, Tom stops to investigate a commotion at Wilson's garage. Mr. Wilson is Tom's mistress' husband, and thus he is rather well acquainted with Tom. This commotion, Tom finds out, happens because Daisy killed Tom's mistress Myrtle in a hit-and-run. When Wilson regains his senses from his grief, ... he confronts Tom with a gun at Tom's home. Tom convinces Wilson that Gatsby killed his wife, and thus the book ends with Gatsby being shot by Wilson. Wilson ... killed Gatsby because he fig...

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... did not always work out, and once wealth was attained, it did not have the substance they were looking for. In The Great Gatsby, Tom and Gatsby have both attained the paramount life sought after by so many in that decade. Through the course of the novel, it is made clear ... for, but unfortunate circumstances and the fact that the past could not be relived prevented Gatsby from ever attaining his prize. In the end, the differences between the men lead to the climax, which left Gatsby, Myrtle, and Wilson dead. Gatsby's failure to let go of his dreams and Tom's twisted sense of morality le...

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... many characters. Daisy blew off a life of happiness because she believed that material possessions were more important. Gatsby had low self-esteem because he could never have the belongings that would satisfy his love's wants. Myrtle was given all the love in the world by her husband William, but she wanted what he couldn ... their own. Gatsby may have become rich for the woman he loved, but his illegal acquisition of money made his class of wealth dirt in Tom and Daisy's eyes. He would never be worthy of her love no matter how hard he tried; he could not live without her. Myrtle Wilson ...

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... . First, you find out that Tom has a mistress, and that it is pretty much looked upon as being acceptable. Next, during a party Tom and Myrtle begin to fight, and Tom ends up hitting her in the face, and breaking her nose. But nobody at the party really looks surprised, almost as if ... it was normal for women to be treated in this fashion. Finally, when Daisy runs over Myrtle, kills her, and doesn't even stop, Jay is more concerned bout how Daisy is feeling then about the person they ran over. Also he doesn't ... not as good as him, because they are "New Money," and not "Old Money" lik...

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... to stay in their marriages or to leave their husbands for the other man. One distinctive thing that is different about them is that Myrtle knows what she wants; whereas Daisy is confused and often lies to led Gatsby on. Another similarity between the two "other lovers" is that they both think Tom and Daisy will leave each so they ... could be with them ( Myrtle and Gatsby). This book describes how difficult and complex relationships are. It is displayed in the relationship between Tom and Myrtle, and Gatsby and Daisy. Many question the formality of marriage. These acts of adultery conve...

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... of death. This location, which once represented parties full of life and glamour, now haunted Nick. The reason for this was not only getting involved with Gatsby, but Tom and Daisy's carelessness and money. As Nick wrote, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures ... they had made" (Fitzgerald 179). This is exactly what they did to Nick because he was vulnerable to their negative influence. The Film, The Great Gatsby, is a great source to see the symbols of locations and how it affects people, especially because of the visual effects. In the movie,...

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The idea of materialism was held fast by many other characters other then Gatsby. Myrtle Wilson lives with her husband who is stuck in the lower-middle class. She has an affair with Tom which gets her acquainted with the materialistic view of those ... was not able to obtain without the affair with Tom. Tom was, in a sense, her materialistic item that gave her power. Myrtle was eventually driven to her death by the true aspect of the socially inclined. Gatsby represents the double edged sword in the novel. In one aspect his is the heroic underdog of the story, and in the other ... he is the v...

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... character flaw. Not everyone is perferct. For most people theses flaws don't always lead to tragic events. Unfortunitally for the characters in the book The Great Gatsby, this is not true. Certain character flaws that these characters poses lead them in to bad trouble, and even for some death. There are many different ... friend, that when this friend dies you don't go to their funeral. Yet this is exactly what happened in the book. Everyone loved to attend parties that Gatsby had; they didn't really know him, yet they all called him their friend. So why exactly did they not show up at ...

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