Daisy's Death In The Great Gatsby

In "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he shows women, treated and presented as worse than men, and are rather disregarded and neglected by the male characters. Even Fitzgerald describes and creates the traits of the women in the book in a negative manner.

Now that I can look back over my life I see that me and Daisy probably wouldn't have lasted long, even if she did leave Tom for me, as Tom was a spiteful man and he would have found a way to rip me and Daisy apart just as he had told George that something needed to be done about me. You see if me and Daisy had run away together, he would have hired someone to hunt me down and kill me. I did not see this man as being very dangerous when I was alive,

Many people are driven by egocentric mindsets to carry out selfish actions which can seriously hurt others. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, several of the characters selfish tendencies play a part in Jay Gatsby’s death. Daisy is partially responsible for his death because she leads Gatsby on, causing him to act irrantly. Tom played a part as well because he lied and told Wilson that it was Gatsby who had an affair with and killed Wilson’s wife Myrtle, with the ulterior motive of trying to keep Daisy to himself.

Fueled by anger and hurt after the death of his wife, George sets off to find the person behind the wheel of the yellow car. He first goes to Tom’s house since he had seen Tom driving the car earlier that day. From there, Tom points George towards Gatsby. It was at Gatsby’s home that “the chauffeur- he was one of Wolfsheim’s proteges- heard the shots” (161). Gatsby’s body was found in his swimming pool. Nick says that “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). After George killed Gatsby, he then kills himself. It is unknown if Tom knows that Daisy was the one driving the car. If he does know, then perhaps he is protecting Daisy as well as getting Gatsby out of the picture. Tom knows that George intended on killing whoever hit his wife, so by pointing him towards Gatsby, Tom practically finalizes Gatsby’s death. If Tom did this intentionally them he was ensuring that Gatsby would be out of the picture, guaranteeing his future with Daisy would be terminated. Tom wants Daisy all to himself. Figuratively speaking, Tom murdered Gatsby’s dream of being with Daisy. The death of the characters and their dreams all tie together to create the famous tragedy known as The Great

Gatsby and Daisy had met years prior, but ended up going their separate ways. However, Gatsby remained in love with Daisy and longed for her affection. The two reconcile, and Daisy starts seeing Gatsby outside of her marriage with Tom. In this, Daisy is leading Gatsby on by making him believe he will attain his ultimate dream: a life with her. However, Daisy knows deep down she will not leave Tom for Gatsby. This is proven when a confrontation about the affair sparks between Tom and Gatsby, and Daisy attempts to defend Gatsby and stick up to Tom, but ultimately fails and retreats back to her husband. “Her frightened eyes told that whatever intentions, whatever courage she had had, were definitely gone” (Fitzgerald 135). Daisy’s carelessness shines through in leading Gatsby to believe she would abandon Tom for him, but fails to follow through. She recklessly broke the heart of the man who had been in love with her for many

This is true of Jay Gatsby. After meeting Daisy Buchanan for the first time, Gatsby is infatuated with her and his life decisions revolve around trying to relive this moment. Gatsby buys a mansion in West Egg across the bay from Daisy and throws elaborate parties every weekend in the hopes that Daisy will come. This shows how Gatsby's life is stuck in that one moment and that he is unable to accomplish anything else. Additionally, Gatsby is so preoccupied with trying to recreate his time with Daisy that he is unable to develop other personal relationships. At the end of the movie, Nick is the only person that goes to Gatsby's funeral. Gatsby befriends Nick because of his relation to Daisy, thinking Nick will help him connect with her. Gatsby's relentless efforts to relive his memory with Daisy ultimately lead to his death. Gatsby does not recognize the effects his actions have had on others and this reckless behaviour catches up with him when Wilson shoots and kills him. Gatsby is so consumed by his desire to be with Daisy that he disregards the fact that Daisy's married and that her husband would be angered by Gatsby's advances. Undesirable results arise when a person is stuck in the past and refuses to look to the future. Accordingly, opening one's mind and allowing oneself to look forward to the future is necessary in the development of one's

“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!” Belva Plain, American author of mainstream fiction, believed society cannot be helped when they want something they cannot have. Gatsby, a respectable yet manipulative character in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, loves Daisy and will go beyond what is normal to be with her. Through Gatsby’s decisions and social interactions, Fitzgerald agrees with the idea that desire can lead people into traps like netted birds.

Nick is shock after listening all Gatsby does for Daisy with the hope of seeing her once more. This story conveys a profound effect on Nick, which feels the need of taking action in helping them. Therefore, the next day he meets with Gatsby, Nick tells him he is going to call Daisy and invite her to his house for tea. Gatsby is so grateful with Nick that he wants to return the favor, so he offers him a tempting job where he can earn much money. Gatsby says, “Well this would interest you. It would not take up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing” (pg.83). Eventually, throughout the story it becomes evident Gatsby’s confidential business is corrupt; his desire to see Daisy makes him a fraud. Luckily, Nick rejects Gatsby’s offers and assures him he is only granting Gatsby a favor and does not want nothing in return. (pg. 82-83).

own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion." Over time, his aspiration has made him fall deeply in love with the dream of her and therefore Daisy herself falls short of his gratification of her. Despite the everlasting passion Gatsby has for his unattainable dream, he feels that “he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.” Though he is now wealthy

Considered to be one of the greatest novels ever written, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s surrounding the socially separated East and West Egg of New York on Long Island. The tension of the story is set between the mysterious Jay Gatsby and his former love interest Daisy Buchanan. As the witness to the drama, Nick Caraway puts into perspective the waste of life Gatsby is spending by stubbornly reaching out to Daisy in order to what was already lost. Perhaps Gatsby’s character is somewhat symbolic moral to the story; that the past is only a part of our lives that we cannot change, nor re-live, ever the same way. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald presents the idea that living in the past only ruins one’s present way of living if all that they strive for is a romance that cannot be re-lived because people don’t always remain the same.

Jay Gatsby lies dead, sprawled across the floatie in his pool. But whose fault is it when the question question of responsibility comes up? At the end of the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, formerly known as James Gatz, is murdered. George Wilson is the gunman who took Gatsby's and his own life at the end of the story. However, is Wilson really to blame for Gatsby's death? With many people in the story who affect his life and his decisions, there is greater texture to the original question then noticed at first. There are many elements that contribute to the murder of Gatsby. It is clear that someone other than Mr. Wilson bears greater responsibility for this crime. Daisy Buchanan,

Nick is very secluded from the group and tends to be an outcast. He leaves everything bottled up within himself and does not discuss it with the others. (Fitzgerald 1)”I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened many curious natures to me”. This quote discusses how Nick keeps everything to himself and how it has opened all gossip he hears. Throughout the novel uses Gatsby uses nick for support, reassurance, and to be able to see Daisy. (Fitzgerald 79)“Why didn't he ask you to arrange a meeting? He wants her to see his house and your house is right next door”. Nick here is being used by Gatsby to be able to daisy again. Everyone comes to nick and tells him all these things all he can really do is listen. For example, Tom telling Nick about his mistress knowingly that he is Daisy's cousin. Overall Nick is a character that sees everything but does not discuss it with the others he keeps to himself. This makes him an honest and loyal person.

The Great Gatsby, and it gives us an insight into the gender roles of past WW1 America. Throughout the novel, women are portrayed in a very negative light. The author’s presentation of women is unflattering and unsympathetic. The women are not described with depth. When given their description, Fitzgerald appeals to their voice, “ she had a voice full of money”, their looks “her face was lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth”, and the way in which they behave, “ ’They’re such beautiful shirts’ she sobbed”, rather than their feelings or emotions, for example, Daisy is incapable of genuine affection, however she is aimlessly flirtatious.

He wants closure about what happened between them. Daisy confronts Gatsby about an affair she had with Tom, and he doesn’t even care at this point because what they had was ‘real’. She claims to love them both but she decides she wants to go back with Gatsby and not her husband. On her way back, she accidently kills a woman on the side of the road speeds off with Gatsby’s car. Gatsby gets blamed for the death and the husband of the woman shoots him. No one attends Gatsby’s funeral but Nick. This goes to show Gatsby really had no body in his life, and his own true love whom he did everything for, didn’t love him equally. Throughout the whole book, Fitzgerald points out that Gatsby was living his American dream, but because his dream was Daisy, he was living his dream out of fantasy not reality.

When it comes with the law, justice, and order to justify someone’s death; there is always a person who is the one to cause the death, in this case, Gatsby is the one who dies. However, his death was left uncertain because it’s uncertain on who caused his death. In The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald, the death of Gatsby and the responsibility that lead up till his demise is due to Gatsby’s entrapment in his dream world, Daisy’s Selfish wants for Gatsby’s possessions, and Tom’s perspective towards Gatsby.