The first revelation of the movie comes when Jordan informs Nick that Tom is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. ... 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. ... While stopping for gas at Wilson's garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that George Wilson has discovered Myrtle's infidelity, but not the identity of her lover, and that he plans to mo...

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The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Throughout The Great Gatsby, the issue of class, wealth, and the American Dream is illustrated literally and metaphorically through the use of the automobile. ... The automobile in The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for the effect that the American Dream has on the different classes in society. ... The American Dream and the automobile was what led Myrtle Wilson to her death. ... Myrtle tells a friend how she feels about him,I knew right away I had made a mistake (in marrying Wilson). ...

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Myrtle and George Wilson both live in a rundown garage. ... This is the place where the deaths and dreams for Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and George Wilson, these characters die due to misconception and anger. ... The Wilsons meet their fate just as the Valley of Ashes represents when George Wilson kills himself and Myrtle Wilson is a victim of a hit and run. ... "The Great Gatsby". ... "Fitzgerald, Perkins, Great Gatsby....

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Stott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby includes two women: a "charming" (14) young woman and cousin of the narrator, Nick Carraway; Daisy Fay Buchanan, and a "sensuously" (28) captive wife of an impoverished character, George Wilson; Myrtle Wilson. ... Contrary to Daisy's personality, Myrtle Wilson has a superficial and robust charisma. When she is first introduced in The Great Gatsby, she is described as a very captivative and seductive woman. ... Similarly, Myrtle's character in The Great Gatsby is more course and indelicate than Daisy. ... Also, Myrtle turns...

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Tom was having an affair with George Wilson's wife Myrtle. ... Wilson found out that Myrtle is having an affair, but he does not know with whom. ... Wilson feels that whoever killed Myrtle was her lover. ... Wilson about Tom's affair with Myrtle and did not mention that Daisy was driving the car that struck her. ... The Great Gatsby portrayed how the upper class of the roaring twenties lived their lives. ...

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The Great Gatsby By F. ... The Character's in "The Great Gatsby" are very interesting. The main characters consist of Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Jordan Baker, Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Myrtle and George Wilson. ... Myrtle is married to George Wilson, but she finds him to boring and drained out, and seeks entertainment through Tom. ... We see this is Gatsby, and also Myrtle Wilson. ...

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Short Summary of The Great Gatsby F. ... Around Tom and away from her husband, the earthy Myrtle Wilson adopts an affected, pretentious tone. ... This is Gatsby's great flaw: he believes that he can escape the past and undo what he and Daisy have experienced. ... When they pass Wilson's garage, Daisy swerves to avoid another car and ends up hitting Myrtle, killing her. ... Wilson shoots Gatsby before committing suicide. ...

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In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and Tom Buchanan are all symbols of people in the lost generation in America during the early 1920's. ... Myrtle Wilson was a money hungry spouse and mistress. ... (Class Lecture Notes) Myrtle being married to her husband George Wilson didn't matter to her at all. ... " (The Great Gatsby 107) Tom wasn't acceptive of the fact that Gatsby was new money. ... In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and Tom Buchanan, were the major contributing elements to belonging to the generation that changed society, forever....

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The Great Gatsby The year is 1922, the setting Long Island, New York. ... Tom insists that Nick meet his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. ... Beaten by her husband and locked in her room, Myrtle Wilson forces her way out and dashes into the road. ... Gatsby intends to take full responsibly for Myrtle's death but, before he can he is found dead of a gun wound inflicted by George Wilson who then takes his own life. The Great Gatsby is a true American classic. ...

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The Great Gatsby - Symbolism The twenties was a time where bootlegging was rampant and people acquired wealth and achieved their goals. ... The novel The Great Gatsby by F. ... For instance, they watched over the affair with Tom and Myrtle from beginning to end, as Myrtle died in the valley of ashes. Emphasising the theme of seeing, the eyes also witnessed in chapter 7 that Tom "saw" the true relationship between Daisy and Gatsby and George "saw" that Myrtle was having an affair. ... In conclusion, all of the symbols in the novel have great significance however the most prominent is the gree...

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Written during the 1920s, The Great Gatsby accurately depicts lives of excess and false hopes during that time. The moods, tones, and themes of The Great Gatsby obviously reflect the 1920s culture in America. ... His excessive and selfish ways lead to the unhappiness of his family and the death of Myrtle Wilson, her husband George Wilson, and Jay Gatsby. ... Daisy also had a drunken accident, in which she kills Myrtle and indirectly kills Jay Gatsby and George Wilson. ... In conclusion, The Great Gatsby somewhat accurately portrays many different aspects of the 1920's. ...

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The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Tom and Daisy Buchanan also possess great wealth, but they inherited it and it has been in their family for years, where as Gatsby earned all his money. ... 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. ... Soon after Wilson talks about God like this Doctor T.J. ... The main event that occurs in the Valley of Ashes, the murder of Myrtle Wilson, also occurs under the watch of Dr. ...

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When posed with the question, "How does Fitzgerald convey the theme of the American Dream throughout The Great Gatsby?" ... Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of The Great Gatsby, seems to represent this American Dream. ... Fitzgerald mentions Gatsby wearing a pink suit at one time in The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson is a great example of a character who tries to attain the American Dream. ... There are many issues that can be analyzed within The Great Gatsby. ...

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Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby has qualities, which are the complete opposite of those of Tom Buchanan, his cousin-in-law. ... Willison, to Gatsby. ... Wilson coming for him, however he did not. He did not ever feel barely guilty, as the following quote reveals: "Tom I inquire, what did you say to Wilson that afternoon? ... In The Great Gatsby, there are three illicit relationships: Gatsby and Daisy, Nick and Jordan, and Tom and Myrtle. ...

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One possible theme of the Great Gatsby is falseness. ... Which is what happened when she hit and killed Myrtle Wilson while driving Gatsby's car. Myrtle Wilson is married to George but having an affair with Tom Buchanan. ... Gatsby. ... The love triangle between Tom, Myrtle and George; the love triangle between Tom, Daisy and Myrtle and the love triangle between Tom, Daisy and Gatsby were also false. ...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was wrote by F. ... The plot of The Great Gatsby was about Jay Gatsby's attempt to win back Daisy Buchanan now that he had attained money. ... They are placed near Wilson's because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place, like Myrtle's death and Tom's affair. ... He is having an affair, which he makes no attempt to keep secret, with Myrtle Wilson while stringing along Myrtle's husband on a business deal. ... In conclusion, The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's masterpiece work of literature that will always be a...

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In "The Great Gatsby", a novel written by Scott F. ... He has numerous affairs in particular one with Myrtle Wilson. ... Upon losing his temper with Myrtle Wilson, his mistress, without a thought, "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand"(41). Tom displayed his immoral and cunning side when he took advantage of George Wilson, when he was emotionally traumatized after Myrtle Wilson death. ... The loss of the fight does not, however serve to make Gatsby the great hero; it bears no relevance to his greatness. ...

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The Great Gatsby by F. ... Myrtle Wilson cheated on her husband and in the meantime did not treat him well. ... Gatsby could only offer her money, which was said to be made in an illegal way. ... Myrtle treats her husband as if he is less than she is. ... Both Tom and Gatsby had money but only one of them offered her security. ...

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When Gatsby allows Daisy to take his car on the wild ride that killed Myrtle, he was prepared to defend his dream. ... Gatsby was a great man. ... Gatsby was not born a great man, he became one. ... Even in death Gatsby was seen as a great man. " If he'd of lived he'd of been a great man-(176). It was not only his personality and accomplishments that made Gatsby so great, his dream also contributed to his greatness. ...

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There are many examples of love, or seemingly a lack of it in some relationships, such as Tom and Daisy and the way in which Tom commits adultery with a mistress named Myrtle Wilson who is also committing the act of adultery upon her husband. ... We see Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan's husband, cheating on her with a mistress by the name of Myrtle Wilson who is also married. ... Myrtle Wilson, who is unhappy with her marriage, finds a sort of new life in the arms of Tom who apparently has had various affairs while away in New York during his marriage to Daisy. ... Another character who purs...

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However, The Great Gatsby, F. ... Daisy is evidently personified as the American Dream throughout The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson is one of Tom Buchanan's mistresses, a non-elitist woman aspiring to become more than simply Tom's mistress (absolute phrase). ... After this incident, George Wilson goes out to kill Gatsby, as his pool is tainted with a "red circle"(162), and he is successful in his mission; however he dies in the process. ... In other words, the upper class stays in the upper class, and the lower class stays in the lower class, which clearly presented in ...

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The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, also wishes to come into some money, namely through Tom's car, which he hopes to buy and then sell again and make some money out of it. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of the destructive power of dreams. ...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about American lives amongst society in the 1920's. ... The Great Gatsby exemplifies how materialistic living from day to day is idealistic in pursuit of happiness. ... Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson are two characters who reach for higher living. ... Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, strives to achieve an accurate hypothesis of life during the nineteen twenties. ... Jay Gatsby goes to great lengths to recapture the past by regaining daisy's love. ...

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Aspects of Tragedy in The Great Gatsby Francis Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a novel brimming with various tragic elements: love, ambition, hope and the loss of hope, and, of course, death. ... Before we can definitively say whether or not The Great Gatsby is a tragedy, we must understand the meaning of tragedy. ... Many of these defining elements can be found in The Great Gatsby. ... As the novel nears its conclusion, a series of events takes place which leads to Gatsby's demise: Gatsby and Tom get into an argument over Daisy; Daisy, distraught, unintentionally runs down ...

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"The Great Gatsby", a novel by F. ... "The Great Gatsby" is being told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin, who moves into New York City making a living while selling bonds. ... They are placed near the Wilson's because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place such as Tom's affair with Myrtle Wilson. ... Tom's secret affair with Myrtle quickly comes to an end once he finds out that Jay Gatsby still longs for Daisy. ... Also, the ongoing confliction between Tom and Gatsby for Daisy could have been the cause of Myrtle's death. ...

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