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Daisy Buchanan And Jay Gatsby's Death

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In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is the reason for Jay Gatsby’s death. The Great Gatsby is a novel that takes place in the upper parts of New York and the era is the 1920’s. Nick Carraway is a poor man who lives next to Gatsby. Jay Gatsby moved to the West Egg to hopefully rekindle his relationship with his previous lover, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, who is also having a side affair with Myrtle Wilson, who is very poor. All of these things cause drama and tension between everyone. One day they all went to New York and it got very intense. On Gatsby and Daisy’s way home, it is presumed that Gatsby hit Myrtle with a car. What people don’t realize, is that it was Daisy driving the whole time. Daisy’s selfishness …show more content…

When Gatsby was showing his designer clothing, it caused Daisy to be very upset. “He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one...Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily. ‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed. ‘it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such- such beautiful shirts before.’”(Gerald, 92). At this moment, Daisy is not truly crying over shirts. She is crying over the mistake she made. Daisy’s whole life was nothing but selfish actions. When she was with Gatsby, she left him because he didn’t have any money, even though she was in love with him. So when she sees that Gatsby has money, she instantly becomes distraught and wants to be with him instead of the other man she married only for money. Even though she was supposedly in love with Gatsby, she let him die so that she could remain innocent. Daisy and Gatsby’s affair was a motive for Tom’s actions. In New York, Tom and Gatsby get into a huge argument. Tom states, “‘I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea, you can count me out.’” (Gerald, …show more content…

Tom feels much resentment for Gatsby. Jay felt threatened that Daisy would love another man, especially one like Gatsby. Gatsby had money, and looks, and was Daisy’s real love before their marriage. During this argument, Daisy does not say much but eventually reveals she also loves Tom which crushes Gatsby. The idea of competition still creates a deep anger and jealousy for Tom that provokes him to tell George it was Gatsby who was driving the car. Although it wasn’t confirmed that Tom knew it was Daisy, it is a logical assumption since they fled town after Myrtle died. This shows Tom just wanted Gatsby out of the picture and didn’t care how it

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