Intelligence In The Great Gatsby

Self Knowledge is a very important asset to have in life. Without self knowledge, one can be viewed as someone completely different or it may lead to poor decision making. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows a great representation of self knowledge or lack of through the main characters and their effects. Jay Gatsby's lack of self knowledge ruins the idealistic vision of his future with Daisy which lead to a life of deception, Nick Carraway's lack of self confidence and identity leads to his character giving off the impression that he has a fake personality, and Daisy Buchanan's wrong decisions mainly lead to her lack of self knowledge. The lack of identity in one's character can lead to future problems.

Gatsby was murdered by Wilson, because he thought that Gatsby was the one that hit his wife and killed her. Tom is a main contributor to Gatsby’s death because Myrtle was his mistress. Tom was the one that suggested he drive Gatsby’s car to town with Jordan and Nick. Myrtle saw them that day and Nick noticed “her eyes, [which became] wide with jealous terror were fixed not on Tom, but on Jordan Baker, whom she took to be his wife” (125). On the way back home, Gatsby and Daisy were driving the yellow car, which was the car that Tom was driving earlier. Myrtle ran out in front of the car as if “she wanted to speak to [them], [thinking they] were somebody she knew” (143). She ran thinking that it was Tom and that he would stop but, it wasn’t.

Tom, Nick and Jordan are driving home when at Wilson's garage they come to find that Myrtle has been hit and killed by a yellow car. Tom immediately knows that it is Gatsby who was driving the car and seeks revenge. What he does not know is that the actual driver was Daisy. Gatsby does not tell anyone but Nick that Daisy was driving the car because he does not want anything bad to happen to her. This shows how much he truly cares for Daisy. It also shows that by not letting anyone else know the truth regarding the accident that Gatsby will only trust key people. This trust issue causes many problems for Gatsby and others.

Myrtle Wilson, the wife of George, and the lover of Tom Buchanan, is brutally murdered toward the end of the novel. After an uncivilized afternoon in New York, Daisy and Gatsby head swiftly back to East Egg. Gatsby explains to Nick, “It all happened in a minute, but it seemed to me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew” (Fitzgerald 109). Myrtle ran out toward the car looking for Tom but sadly for her it is not him. Many know about Tom’s affair, but not with whom he is having it, especially Daisy. Daisy never slows the car down, and she never realizes who she hits. This shows that Daisy is oblivious to Myrtles existence. Myrtle is sleeping with her husband, she ruins their marriage, and Daisy kills her. The irony exists in this because Daisy actually saves her marriage by killing

Daisy, who is another careless character in this book is can be blamed for three things, hitting Myrtle with Gatsby’s car, not confessing to it and allowing her affair with Gatsby to start up and continue. Daisy not only hit myrtle with Gatsby’s car but also didn’t decide to stop, “Daisy stepped on it” (151). She had no intentions of swerving before the hit or slowing down and stopping after it. This shows her jealousy towards Tom’s affair with Myrtle, along with that she didn’t take responsibility and selfishly did not confess to what she had done and how it could affect others. Secondly, she subconsciously leads Gatsby on into thinking that he really did have her back all to himself when realistically she was not sure what she was going to do. While talking to Jordan “She realized at last what she was doing — and as though she had never, all along, intended doing anything at all.” (175). Her affair with Gatsby was risky and turned into nothing but damage in the end. Lastly, Daisy says to Gatsby "I did love him once – but I loved you too" (140) referring to Tom. She shows her carelessness over her marriage seeing as she had an affair with Gatsby and didn’t think to put a stop to it. If Daisy had not had the affair with him, there would be no reason for Tom to want revenge on Gatsby in the first place, therefore Gatsby would’ve have been blamed.

After guessing correctly that Daisy was really the one driving the car that killed Myrtle, Nick just goes home. If Nick had shared this information, it’s quite probable that Gatsby’s life would’ve been spared. Although this could not have prevented Myrtle’s tragic end, some of the mess of the whole situation wouldn’t have happened. For example, If Tom knew that Daisy had been the one responsible, he would not have pointed Wilson in Gatsby’s direction. Tom probably would have kept quiet about it being Daisy’s fault because he wants to protect her, and Gatsby would’ve lived on. Perhaps Tom could even have talked Wilson down, saving his life as well. However, Nick decided to keep this to himself, ultimately killing both Gatsby and

The novel The Great Gatsby and the film Chicago have many differences and similarities. The Great Gatsby is based on a man named Jay Gatsby. The novel is told by a once neighbor named Nick Carraway. The film Chicago is movie filled with music and color. Roxie Hart who was charged with murder is thrown in jail. She hires Billy Flynn as her lawyer who is also Velma Kelly’s lawyer who was also charged with murder for killing her husband. In both the film and novel the women stand out. Whether it be Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in Chicago or Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker in

Gatsby thought he was being chivalrous for Daisy, but he did not care that Daisy chose not to take responsibility for her hit-and-run. Myrtle’s husband, George Wilson, gets revenge for Myrtle’s loss, assuming that Gatsby had an affair with his wife and killed her once he finds a dog leash and Myrtle 's belongings. George kills Gatsby,

Unfortunately for Myrtle, she could not reach her goal. Beyond that, we don’t know if her life would have been better given how many issues Tom has anyway. Now this action taken by her didn't just impact the ones she loved. Jay Gatsby was murdered because of this event. He took the blame to protect Daisy and in the end it got him killed.

Myrtle is the fourth person responsible for Gatsby’s death. If she was not having an affair with Tom then none of this would have happened. Myrtle was taking advantage of her husband’s kindness and his lack of intelligence, “A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity-except his wife, who moved close to Tom” (Fitzgerald 30). if her affair with Tom was non-existent then George would not have known who Gatsby was and he might not have shot him to avenge his wife’s murder. If Myrtle had not run in front of the car that she would still be alive and so would Gatsby. She could have just waited until the next day to see Tom she did not have to run in front of his car.

When surrounded by many people you learn different things. Some people choose to share this knowledge they had learned, while some people decide to retain the information. Retaining the information can affect other people. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick displays how retaining knowledge can affect people in detrimental ways. Some knowledge he keeps delays the inevitable while some other knowledge he knows stops what could happen. This is displayed through Nick not telling people about Tom’s and Daisy’s affairs, Nick not telling people about the murder, and how everyone is deceived or lied to.

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel features Jay Gatsby, George Wilson, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker and Tom Buchanan along with many others to show the hopes, the struggles and the romance the characters went through each and every day. Due to the mixing of the two social classes: the rich and the poor, we learn about the causes and effects of what they face. In the book, two major characters that greatly influenced this story were Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Both of them had difficulties in the way they acted, felt, and where they belonged to. They also have some relatable characteristics that are alike

            While Daisy did not know Myrtle personally, there is a very good possibility that she knew Tom was having an affair with her.  She was well aware of Tom's past behavior, and she made no attempts to deny it.  She simply accepted it because she had no other choice.  After spending the day in New York with the others, she was obviously upset and tense.  The day had taxed her to the limit.  Gatsby had demanded too much of her, and she just was not strong enough to endure any further argument.  She chose to drive him back to East Egg in an attempt to calm her nerves.  When they passed Wilson's garage, Myrtle ran into the street toward Gatsby's car, thinking it belonged to Tom.  According to Gatsby, Daisy turned the wheel toward the oncoming car in the other lane, but she lost her nerve and hit

I realized that I was extremely vague with the little analysis I did provide within my Gatsby paper and would definitely like to strengthen that weakness. I often fill my sentences with context and try to strengthen it but only end up leaving myself with weak and empty evidence/analysis. I don’t actually answer questions about why and how the evidence connects to or involves the argument I’m trying to display to the paper's “readers.” These moments have a lar negative impact on my credibility as a writer and I would like to avoid that from

The readers see this more clearly when the truth about Myrtle is unraveled. Gatsby wasn’t driving the car that night, in fact it was Daisy. However, he was willing to take the blame for it as long as Daisy was okay. He went over to Daisy’s later that night to see how well she was coping with what had happened earlier. He finds her in a frantic, not knowing how to overcome what she did to such an innocent person. Gatsby knows at this moment that he is the one who will be taking the blame, not allowing Daisy to feel worse about it that she already does. This is the scene that makes the readers believe that Gatsby is a true genuine man.