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Myrtle In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby, published in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows the story of a humble man’s interactions with wealthy characters he encounters around his home in the West Egg. However, perhaps the most notable encounter that Nick Carraway has is with his notorious neighbor: Jay Gatsby. What Carraway is yet to discover is that Gatsby is in love with Carraway’s cousin: Daisy. However, this story unfolds into a giant love triangle, as Daisy is married to Tom who is cheating on her with Myrtle, meaning that Myrtle is also cheating on her husband, Wilson. For a while, Carraway only observes the affairs and the motives of the wealthy people he has decided to surround himself with. He sometimes does interfere by assisting Daisy and Gatsby in their affair, probably because Gatsby comes off as a better-natured person than Tom. Gatsby was not born rich, in fact he was far from. He worked to become wealthy so that one day he could support the love of his life, which is Daisy. Once Tom recognizes that Daisy has increased interest in Gatsby, he seeks revenge. The stars align for his plan, as Daisy kills Myrtle in Gatsby’s car, and Tom tells Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle. Wilson then goes out to seek revenge for his wife, and Tom kindly obliges. The …show more content…

It is first seen through his promise to provide for them, and then seen several times throughout the course of their affair. After Gatsby learns of Daisy’s whereabouts with Tom, he buys a mansion just on the other side of their “Egg.” While Daisy resided on the East Egg, Gatsby bought an estate on the West, neighboring Carraway. Additionally, Gatsby threw parties every night, not to demonstrate his lavish lifestyle, but in order to receive Daisy’s attention in hopes that one day she will show up to his mansion and they will be reunited. The last act of true love in the text occurs when Daisy kills Myrtle and Gatsby takes all blame for

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