Who Is George Wilson In The Great Gatsby

As I approached Gatsby’s estate, I felt God’s eyes following my every movement, beckoning me to enact justice on the man who ripped my beloved wife away from me. The monster stole my wife from me in some sinful relationship without my knowledge and then threw her away like garbage when he was no longer interested. Gatsby hid away in his castle, protected by his wealth, and oblivious to the consequences of his actions. He may have been comfortable thinking that he could escape every situation unharmed, but God sees everything. God did not approve of such a manipulative man with revolting hauteur who expected to go unpunished because of his influence. I was fighting for all the people that Gatsby has wronged, and would prevent this

Another drastic situation created by Daisy arises. However, she does not have to deal with the consequences of it. Myrtle’s husband sees Gatsby in the car, and makes the assumption that he was the one having an affair with Myrtle, which is why she would run into the street to leave her husband and be with the man in the car. Instead of owning up to her mistake, Daisy allows Gatsby to willingly take the blame for Myrtle’s death. When Nick asks if Daisy was driving the car, he replies “‘Yes, but of course I’ll say I was’” (Fitzgerald 137). This causes George Wilson to kill Gatsby, an innocent man, because of the assumption that he was the one who killed Myrtle and had an affair with her. Through all this, Daisy never confessed to being the person behind the wheel of the car and Tom never confessed to being the man who Myrtle was a mistress to. After this incident, Daisy and Tom packed their bags and moved to the Midwest, avoiding the problems they created yet

Keeping in mind of his higher socio-economic class, Tom prevents George from pursuing the American Dream by refusing to sell his car. Tom passes by Mr. Wilson's garage and stops to discuss with him and to further speak with Myrtle, his mistress. Tom and Mr. Wilson consult about his car that he will soon sell. Because Tom believes Mr. Wilson speaks in an unfriendly tone and shows little respect towards him, he rebukes, “No, he doesn’t. And if you feel that way about it, maybe I’d better sell it somewhere else after all” (Fitzgerald 25). Tom understands Wilson’s need for the car, however, Tom is not anxious to sell the car to him. Because of Tom’s wealth, he does not necessarily need the money right away. If Tom needed to sell the car sooner, than he would have loved Mr. Wilson's interest and sold the car to him right away. In order for Mr. Wilson to be prosperous as working as a mechanic, he needs Tom to sell him his car. Tom abrogates any potential for Wilson to obtain the

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

Tom told George, Myrtle’s husband that it was Gatsby’s car that hit her. So George, seeking revenge, killed Gatsby.

Jordan Baker states “Tom’s got some women in New York...She might have the decency to telephone him at dinner-time” (Fitzgerald 19-20). Based from what the quote states, it shows that Tom is a not a deceitful person. His actions in cheating with Daisy to have a relationship with Myrtle causes a situation to escalate. If Tom never cheated with Daisy and pursue a relationship Myrtle, then George would have not consider that Myrtle was cheating which would end most of the events that lead to Gatsby’s death. When reading the novel Tom states “What if I did tell him?... He ran over Myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stop his car” (Fitzgerald 187). Tom was the one who told George Wilson that it was Gatsby’s car that ran over his wife. As a result, this lead to him going after Gatsby and killing him. If Tom were to say that Daisy was the one who drove Myrtle’s car, then the outcome would’ve been different. To conclude, based on what Tom did throughout the story it can fact that he contributed to Gatsby’s

Within the novel The Great Gatsby, there is a barrage of fascinating characters, but few tend to recognize the characters that will never live up to the reputation of the dazzling Jay Gatsby. In spite of this, few do in fact recognize characters such as George Wilson, who is left to pick up the pieces of his life that Tom Buchanan has left behind while on his trail to getting what he wants whenever he so wishes.

In this chapter, George becomes extremely ill because he figured out Myrtle has been running around with another man. In the passage it says, “He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock had made him physically sick.” George became very sick just from finding out that his wife has been running around, thus when she is dead he will most likely fall to depression due to his emotional attachment to her. Later on readers learn that Wilson had become increasingly sick right before Myrtle’s death; therefore, making his death from depression more emanate. In addition, after her death Wilson is extremely upset which is shown by, “At first I couldn’t find the source of the high, groaning words that echoed clamorously through the bare garage — then I saw Wilson standing on the raised threshold of his office, swaying back and forth and holding to the doorposts with both hands.” Wilson was almost overly attached to his wife; therefore, her death will most likely lead to depression and his death as well. In conclusion, based on George Wilson’s actions in chapter seven I believe he will try to find and kill the murderer, as well as die before the end of the

He was a poor man who worked in a repair shop for cars. Mr.wilson represents the lower class of the 1920s especially after the market crash. Although he was not part of the upper class, money took a toll on Mr. Wilson. Wilson eventually found out about Myrtle having an affair, although he's not sure who the mister is. After the realization of his wife's affair, he plans to move west, and in doing so, he keeps Myrtle locked up until they move out. Myrtle manages to escape, but gets hit by a car, more specifically, Gatsby's car. Daisy was the one on driving Gatsby's car and only Gatsby knew that she had killed Myrtle. Her death is a symbol of everyone's corruption even Mr. Wilson because he became envious of her affair with a rich man, since he himself was not

After her death, George is devastated and starts to go crazy. Because of his love for Myrtle, he enters a mental state that is only concerned with avenging her death. George confronts Tom, but Tom convinces George that the person truly responsible for Myrtle’s death was Gatsby. George believes Tom and travels to west egg where he shoots Gatsby and himself. Tom’s actions are another example of the rich being careless. He knows that George about to do something dangerous and desperate, but instead of trying to defuse the situation, he merely redirects the aggression towards Gatsby. Tom shows his belief that he was justified in sending Wilson after Gatsby when he tells Nick, "What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's, but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car.” As a result of Tom’s careless actions, two more people die, and Tom leaves the mess for other people to clean

The author enforces Tom as a character foil to Wilson to prove that Wilson is merely a piece of Tom’s game, who willingly and blindly places his faith on untrustworthy liabilities like the blue coupe. Critics like O’Meara identify Wilson and Gatsby as separate from Tom as she describes, “Wilson and Gatsby are indifferent ... but they make the mistake of seeing material possessions rather than themselves as the best means for attracting and keeping their women” (O’Meara). Unlike Gatsby’s motives that surround an unattainable dream, Wilson’s hopes are uncorrupt. By obtaining the blue coupe he is able to reimage himself to escape the harshness of the past. However, Myrtle's death instigates Wilson into a state beyond caring about the blue coupe and Tom heartlessly responds, “Wreck!” Said Tom. “That’s good. Willson’ll have a little business at last” (137). Unaware who was involved in the crash and unfazed by a possible death, the author reveals Tom’s insensitivity toward people as a whole. The fact that he perceives this event as benefiting Wilson, highlights his heartless nature and the author draws parallels between cars and

In the lower class society, The Great Gatsby displays unhappiness in a number of ways and at a variety of extents, this is displayed though the eyes of Myrtle Wilson. Unhappy in her marriage and her position on the social hierarchy. George Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, gave an impressionable first encounter; this lead Myrtle to believe he was true gentleman worthy of her love and affection. She comes to find he is nothing short of

As seen with the aforementioned example, Wilson also plays a role that involves parallelism. His situation parallels Tom's, as both have their wives being stolen. His situation parallels Gatsby's in both their idealization of Myrtle and Daisy, respectively. Both of these patterns serve to emphasize the character flaws in Tom and Gatsby and ultimately in the superficial lifestyle presented in the novel.

The crude nature of Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson’s relationship is reinforced upon her death. After a fight with her husband, Myrtle runs away towards a golden car that she believes is owned by Tom, her lover. However the car is driven by Daisy her lover’s wife and Daisy wants revenge. The golden color

Myrtle desires wealth and luxuries, and as a result she has an affair with Tom, who gives her anything she yearns for. Myrtle despises her lifestyle with her husband, George Wilson, due to the lower-class living and dirty, physical labor. She explains how, “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman … I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe” (Fitzgerald, 34). Myrtle planned to marry a rich man, so in the future he could support her children and herself, and they would be members of