Gatsby's car was the nicest car that money could buy. ... For Wilson, the purchase of a new car, especially a luxury car would be a momentous event. ... Tom never drives the car, and he has no use for it. Tom knows Wilson needs the car and because he had never felt in need, he doesn't realize how important the old car is to Wilson. ?When are you going to sell me that car?? ...
Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car, and Daisy and Gatsby rides together in Tom's car. ... After describing the car Nick realizes that Gatsby car struck and killed Myrtle. ... Wilson will remember the car from when they stopped for gas. ... He looks for Tom because he knows that Tom is familiar with the car's owner. He saw Tom driving the car earlier that day but knows it is not him because he arrived with Nick in another car after the accident. ...
Instead of getting out of the car like decent people, they just keep on driving. Daisy was behind the wheel of the car. Because Gatsby is in love with Daisy, he decides to let people think he was driving the car. ... Before Tom and Daisy leave town, Tom tells Wilson, Myrtles husband, that Gatsby was the one driving the Car that killed Wilson's wife. ...
Gatsby has the best of everything; the fanciest car, the largest house, and the finest clothes. ... In America during the 1920's the car was one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby's car is one of the most expensive and lavish cars created. ... His attempt to accomplish his dream with cars and shirts could have never been successful because it is almost impossible to recreate the past and money is just one factor towards the American Dream. ... He had many material possessions such as a fabulous house, an expensive car, and lavish clothes but he didn't have the one thing he ...
As Nick, Jordan, and Tom pass through the valley of ashes they discover that Gatsby's car has hit and killed Myrtle, Tom's lover. They rush back to Long Island, where Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car, but that he plans to take the blame. The next day, Tom tells Myrtle's husband that Gatsby was the driver of the car. ... Wilson, who assumes that the driver of the car that killed Myrtle was her lover, finds Gatsby lounging in the pool at his house and kills him before turning the gun on himself. ... Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car, and Gatsb...
He wanted to buy Tom's car I believe. ... A: Gatsby was returning in his car along with my wife from New York. ... A: [Gatsby and I] were coming back from New York in his car. ... And suddenly a lady appeared in front of the car. ... Gatsby driving the car? ...
When Tom cheats on Daisy, a chain reaction driven by jealousy and pain occurs in which Daisy in turn cheats on Tom and eventually, Daisy kills Myrtle with Gatsby's car. ... "The "death car" didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment-(144) The car struck Myrtle and her " life [was] violently extinguished" (145) Doctor Watches over this death with out flinching. ...
Earlier, when the five set out for New York, Daisy insists on riding with Gatsby in the Buchanans" car while Tom and the others follow in Gatsby's. Tom encourages Gatsby to use his own car to drive Daisy back to West Egg. ... She encounters a violent death under the wheels of Gatsby's car. ...
One of the major ways Daisy ended Gatsby's physical life was when she killed Myrtle in his car. ... he whimpered 'he didn't even stop his car'" (Fitzgerald 149). ... "He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn't told him who owned the car" (Fitzgerald 187). Tom was seen driving Gatsby's car the day before so, Tom had to make sure that he did not get into any trouble. By redirecting the fingers to Gatsby he was able to avoid trouble with both driving the car and Wilson finding out about his affair with Myrtle. ...
The yellow car in the story is a symbol that the enormous wealth Gatsby has, is corrupt. "The car lurched up the drive." The car is a symbol of Gatsby's money and status, and shows how he has achieved the Dream by working from rags to riches. ...
Walking down a street, one can still watch cars pass by with peace signs and equal rights slogans or hear blasting disco music from the 70's. However, although the people in these cars enjoy the culture of the past, they know that it is behind them and can never fully be revived. ... She chose Gatsby to ride in the car with, she made frequent visits to Gatsby, and at the one party at Gatsby, which she attended, Nick noted to the reader that the only part of the evening that he believed Daisy enjoyed was the time she spent sitting on the steps talking to Gatsby. ...
He buys an expensive house and a new yellow car. ... Myrtle runs desperately at Gatsby's yellow car, assuming Tom was driving, and dies. ... He narrows his suspects down, not quite to the end however, and shoots Gatsby in belief that he was the person driving the yellow car. ... Fitzgerald did not make it to obvious who was driving the car. The unknown driver of the yellow car contributes to the tragedy. ...
Since Gatsby thinks money can bring happiness, he buys the fanciest cars, the largest house, and the nicest clothes. ... In the novel we are told that Gatsby has five cars. He gives a car to Nick and one kills Myrtle Wilson later in the book. Gatsby's favorite yellow car was describes by Nick as, . . . and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat boxes and supper boxes and tool boxes . . . Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of leather conservatory way we started towards town.3 The cars which he believed could bring happiness from materialism, eventually ended up b...
This is ironic because not only was Tom wrong when he told Wilson that Gatsby was driving the car, but also because it sums up the destruction of truth that Tom projects throughout the rest of the novel. ... He sent someone to be killed, justifying it by saying "that fellow had it coming to him... he ran over Myrtle like you;d run over a dog and never bothered to stop his car." The irony exists because that is exactly the mentality that Daisy (who was actually driving the car) and Tom have." ... He is extremely pompous: he married the girl that everyone wanted and came from Chi...
Tom is pleased with him self, and easily sends Daisy and Gatsby in the car together, as he knows that Gatsby has lost. ... Daisy in a panic does not stop the car. George Wilson, Myrtle's husband is devastated, and when Tom arrives on the scene, George keeps saying he knows who did it, and that someone saw the car. ... Some foreshadowing at the beginning of the story is the car wreck Nick also talks about how unfortunate it would be for one bad driver to run into another bad driver. ...
Another motif used was cars. In Chapter 4, Gatsby drives over to Nick's house to take him out for lunch, and Nick encounters Gatsby's car: "It was a rich cream colour, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes and terraced with a labyrinth if wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. " (pg.64). The opulence of Gatsby's car shows Gatsby's exceptional wealth, it also shows that he has obtained the American Dream that many others are striving for. ...
"'Well, you take my coupé and let me drive your car to town' 'Come on Daisy, said Tom, pressing her with his hand toward Gatsby's car- (127). ... Not only does Tom insist with words that he and Daisy take Gatsby's car he also pushes her to prove that he "'I want to see you, said Tom intently, Get on the next train'- (30). ...
If Daisy had just told people the truth to what happened in the car on the night of Myrtle's death, Gatsby would not have been a target to George Wilson, Myrtle's husband. ... The most obvious reason to why Daisy is most responsible for Gatsby's death is the fact that she was the one who hit Myrtle Wilson with Gatsby's car, as Gatsby was the one in the passenger's seat. Gatsby was killed because George Wilson believed it was Gatsby who killed Myrtle, because Wilson's neighbour recalled seeing a yellow car hitting Myrtle, then driving away without even stopping. ...
For example, "On the last night, with my trunk packed and my car sold to the grocer, I went over and looked at that huge incoherent failure of a house once more"(179). ... Gatsby set out to reinvent himself so he got the money, cars, clothes, and the house, and all for what? ...
Unfortunately, while Daisy was driving Tom's car with Gatsby, they accidentally hit Myrtle, killing her instantly. Assuming that the car driver must have been the man whom she was having an affair with, Wilson goes searching for Gatsby, whom took the blame for the accident. ...
The Great Gatsby and the American Dream For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. - 1 Timothy 6:10 - As people, we do not realize what kinds of sorrows we bring upon ourselves. A...
He even tells Myrtle's husband that Gatsby was driving the car that killed Myrtle, which leads to Gatsby's murder. ... When the funeral day finally arrives, only three cars enter the cemetery; the hearse, the limo, and a car with a few servants and the postman. Another car pulls in after them and Owl Eyes, an attendee of Gatsby's parties, comes running up to Nick. ...
