... in The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for the effect that the American Dream has on the different classes in society. Wilson depends on automobiles for income rather then for pleasure. Wilson barely makes a living by selling gas and servicing cars. He contrasts sharply against the backdrop of affluent characters in the book ... ?No, he doesn't.? said Tom coldly.And if you feel that way about it maybe I?d better sell it somewhere else after all.? (Page: 29) Wilson spends his life working to achieve the American Dream, hoping that someday he will be able to afford a car like the ones th...

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... golfing. "she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round " (Fitzgerald 57) Nick notices that she bends the truth not only to get ahead in golf, but to get ahead in life. She loves getting attention from men, but is not interested in a relationship. When she is with Nick she feels like she can be herself and talk ... parties one could do something without going noticed. Jordan was the first to say something about Tom's affair, which makes her rather blunt. Myrtle Wilson is portrayed to be foolish and adulterous. Myrtle is married to George Wilson which owns a car garage in...

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... Myrtle, the next one of this dream. Having anything you want is part of the American dream, even though it is a married man you want and Myrtle Wilson wants Tom Buchanan. Right away we see a glimpse of her morality, which she has none because she has traded it in to achieve the American dream. She ... to accept Tom's money and even his brutality, even after he breaks her nose on the party ",tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand."(Fitzgerald 39). Beside the love of her husband, this is not enough; her fortitude to obtain what she wants causes her downfall and in the end even her d...

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... 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 ... , and then Catherine says, " She really ought to get away from him, They've been living over a garage for eleven years. And Tom's the first sweetie she ever had." (pg.39) Myrtle is with George because she has no one else and wants to m...

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... ; Jay Gatsby. The book focuses on Gatsby and his foolish attempts to get a married woman. But, two unaccounted characters are Nick Caraway and George Wilson. Fitzgerald uses these seemingly small characters to convey how an individual's can affect another individual. In The Great Gatsby, Nick is portrayed to be Gatsby's ... . It can be said, that Myrtle is to be blamed for her own death, as a result of her shameful relationship with Tom. Although Wilson was not affected directly when Myrtle was cheating, he experienced the repercussions after she died. The actions of Myrtle took him on a ...

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... with Tom, hoping to adopt his way of life and be accepted into his class to escape from her own. Her class is that of the middle class. Her husband, Wilson, owns a gas station, making an honest living and trying his best to succeed in a world where everything revolves around material possessions. With her involvement in Tom's class, she only becomes ... good enough for her. "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald, 39). With the hope of being accepted into ...

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... with Tom, hoping to adopt his way of life and be accepted into his class to escape from her own. Her class is that of the middle class. Her husband, Wilson, owns a gas station, making an honest living and trying his best to succeed in a world where everything revolves around material possessions. With her involvement in Tom's class, she only becomes ... good enough for her. "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald, 39). With the hope of being accepted into ...

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... the person who killed Mr. Gatsby. After promising it wouldn't take long, he agreed, rather unwillingly. Interrogation: Tom Buchanan Q: Do you recognize this man on the photo? A: God! That's George Wilson. He used to run an auto-repair shop ten miles from here. What happened to him? Q: He apparently killed Jay Gatsby then killed himself. Q: Do you know if George ... Wilson had any motives for killing Mr. Gatsby? A: Gatsby ran over his wife Myrtle yesterday. He probably wanted a revenge. Q: Could you please tell us more about his wife's death? A: Gatsby was ... . From these interrogation...

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... the hotel before Nick, Tom, and 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 ...

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... the hotel before Nick, Tom, and 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 ...

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... Nick gets caught up in Gatsby'sglamorous? lifestyle. Soon, everyone is involved in scandal, Daisy's cheating on Tom with Gatsby, Tom's cheating on Daisy with Mrs. Wilson, and Nick's caught in the middle. Gatsby ends up convincing Nick to get Daisy to come to Gatsby's house, because they had a history together. Daisy comes, ... in town, Tom and Daisy fight, so Gatsby drives Daisy home in Tom's car. On the way, they hit a woman who turns out to be Mrs. Wilson who was thought the person in the car was Tom, and was trying to talk to him. All the while, Nick starts realizing how terrible a li...

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... 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 a very active role in ... on it. I tried to make her stop but she couldn't so I pulled on the emergency brake" (Fitzgerald 151). By Daisy murdering Myrtle, Wilson was driven to revenge his wife's death. Daisy allowed Gatsby to cover for her careless and selfish action too. This set...

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Hopes and Dreams In The Great Gatsby there are two characters that are very much alike. These two characters are Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson. Both of these characters focus on their hopes and dreams on winning the love of a person they cannot have. Jay Gatsby's dream woman is ... Gatsby goes to the extremes to be near his love Daisy. The other character we come across with is Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is having an affair with Tom Buchanan. Myrtle is married to George Wilson who owns a garage. Since Wilson's business is not very successful, he unable to afford the finer things in life for Myrtle. ...

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... escape goat of this tragedy. "It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body 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 ... not have the same prosperity as you. Because 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 Gatsb...

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... was very awkward. Nick had left them alone and when he returned they were both "radiant ". The two men drive their own cars away, and Gatsby and Daisy go on ahead while Nick remembers that it is his thirtieth birthday. Proprietor Michaelis that he had locked his wife up. Later, Myrtle runs in front of a car from the city, and is ... keeping a watch for Daisy, worried about Tom. Nick gathers that Daisy was driving the car that Myrtle ran in front of because she probably believed that Tom was in it. Wilson then found out that Gatsby killed myrtle and shoots Gatsby. Later on nick sets up t...

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... had succeeded in life. A very important belief was that money could buy you anything. One look at Gatsby's past and it could be seen that he was destined to get ahead in life. Gatsby's determination to gain a large amount of wealth is a huge part of the American dream. He believes that once he achieved his financial goal it would lead to ... use of the symbolic car can be seen as an example of how ideals based on materialism only can lead to self-destruction. This was the car that kills Myrtle Wilson and indirectly leads to Gatsby's death. Gatsby's belief in the American dream keeps him...

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... 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). ... on (27). The eyes look over each situation, objectively, but offer a kind judgment on the characters and theirs actions. They are placed close to the Wilson's because that is where the most self-centered acts take place. All of these crimes go unpunished, so the eyes look on and remind the characters o...

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... shows his opinion that women generally have low moral qualities, and demonstrates this by the actions and speech illustrated by the three female characters: Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson. In the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan was the typical depiction of the rich, young, married woman of the 1920's. Although she was capable of showing warmth at certain ... characters on her own either. While Daisy's character was a balance between nave and cheery, Myrtle did not once show any sign of maturity or consideration. When the topic of Mr. Wilson was brought up, w...

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... . The eyes are always mentioned whenever Nick 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: Myrtle's death, Tom's affair. All of these crimes go unpunished. So the eyes look on and remind the ... the theme of money and the corruption it brings. As the story progresses, we find Myrtle murdered and Mr. Wilson on a rampage for answers. As Mr. Wilson talks to Michaelis about his wife's affair, an allusion is made to the eyes of...

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... Things do not get any better, Daisy decides to drive home to cool herself off, but hits Myrtle Wilson Tom's mistress on the way, killing her instantly. Daisy in a panic does not stop the car. George Wilson, Myrtle's husband is devastated, and when Tom arrives on the scene, George keeps saying he knows who ... 's in "The Great Gatsby" are very interesting. The main characters consist of Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Jordan Baker, Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Myrtle and George Wilson. Nick to me seems very honest and patient, he does not judge people straight away, he likes Jay Gatsby but sees...

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... , or seemingly a lack of it in some relationships, such as Tom and Daisy and the way in which Tom commits adultery with a mistress named Myrtle Wilson who is also committing the act of adultery upon her husband. There is also the example of the love that Daisy and Jay Gatsby share, or rather Gatsby ... tainted and deceitful as well as being very controversial. We see Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan's husband, cheating on her with a mistress by the name of Myrtle Wilson who is also married. This is an example of the tainted love they go endure, since Daisy knows of the affair, but says nothin...

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... 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 murder along with Mr. Wilson. Tom assumed Gatsby was driving the car, even though he wasn't, so I feel Tom was just as ... responsible for Gatsby death as Mr. Wilson. In conclusion "The Great Gatsby" was filled with different moral turpitudes like, decadence, rumors/gossip, and murder. Even though, these characters acts were immoral, they all had reason ...

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... 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 ... ) Afterwards, Nick and Jordan get into the car with Tom and head for the city. They happen upon the scene of Myrtle's death in which both Mr. Wilson and Tom are devastated. Mr. Wilson at first believes it was Tom who killed her...

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... this decay and the eyes of TJ Eckelburg symbolize God looking at the 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 ... his wife, also helps to show the moral decay of the time. His excessive and selfish ways lead to the unhappiness of his family and the death of Myrtle Wilson, her husband George Wilson, and Jay Gatsby. Nick, close to the opposite of Gatsby, personifies morali...

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... Daisy and Tom Buchanan. Midway between West Egg and New York City lies a vast ash dump near, which are the garage and home of George and Myrtle Wilson. Significantly all the characters pass through this " valley of ashes, " a symbol of the unfertile wasteland they inhabit. It is here too, that the terrible ... Daisy's friend Jordan Baker, Nick learns that Tom is unfaithful and Daisy is aware of his habits. Tom insists that Nick meet his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick joins Tom and Myrtle at their private New York apartment. The climax of the party occurs when Tom breaks Myrtle's nose for ...

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