(p.166) God seems to have disappeared in Fitzgerald's famous novel, The Great Gatsby, which is set in the 1920's Jazz age. The Great Gatsby illustrates how the 1920's society declines from a respectable, honest environment into a careless and selfish community. ... By examining Gatsby's parties and their consequences, the affairs in the novel and Myrtle's death, it is obvious that "the eyes of God" witness immoral and careless events. ... (p.144) This is how "her life [Myrtle Wilson's] violently extinguished." (p.144) Myrtle Wilson is George's wife - him b...

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The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... In The Great Gatsby, Nick is portrayed to be Gatsby's best, and only, friend. ... Wilson's wife, Myrtle, was engaged in an affair with Tom Buchannan, who happens to be Daisy's husband. Myrtle and Tom practically ran over Wilson, Tom even mocks Wilson saying, "He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive" (p. 22). ... When Myrtle flings herself to her death, Wilson's hope died as well. ...

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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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" I choose this quote because it is a great example of Gatsby's decadent behavior. ... Wilson kills Gatsby, I chose it because it showed the reasoning behind why Mr. Wilson shot Gatsby, and it also tells who was behind Gatsby's murder along with Mr. Wilson. ... Wilson. ...

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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 portrays 1920's life. ... Throughout the novel, moral decadence, frequent exploitation, and the unobtainable American Dream represent significant themes in understanding various interpretations of The Great Gatsby's storyline. ... Tom Buchannan and Myrtle Wilson, both of whom have marriages with other people, arrange a meeting together in New York (Fitzgerald 30-31). ... Daisy shows a great lack of moral character when she quickly involves herself in an affair with Gatsby. ... Long after George Wilson kills Gatsby, Tom admits to telling Wilson that Gatsby killed...

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The Great Gatsby written by F. ... Tom is cheating on his wife Daisy with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. ... Another part in the novel where Daisy does not seem to distinguish from right to wrong is when she does not confess to hitting Myrtle with Gatsby's car. ... Wilson was informed he went to Gatsby's house and killed him. ... Daisy and Tom were also immoral when after Gatsby's death and Myrtle's death they just up and left. ...

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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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Scott Fitzerald's novel The Great Gatsby reflects many of these. ... Therefore, Medieval Troubador tradition is a romance present in The Great Gatsby. ... This is illustrated in the novel by George and Myrtle Wilson's marriage. ... Therefore it is evident that Myrtle Wilson is representing something else on the surface than of what she really is. ... In conclusion, F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby portrays many romance traditions like Medieval Troubadors, Courtly Love, and Grail Legend. ...

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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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The Great Gatsby, by F. ... In particular, Fitzgerald uses Daisy, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson to illustrate the disapproving qualities of carelessness, selfishness, dishonesty and hypocrisy. ... Myrtle, the wife of a poor garage mechanic George Wilson, belongs to the low class of society. However, with Tom, Myrtle puts on an air of superiority. ... Osborn 3 Fitzgerald intentionally does not include a single respectable female character within The Great Gatsby. ...

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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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In The Great Gatsby, F. ... When Tom takes Nick to meet his mistress Myrtle, he talks about George Wilson, who is Myrtle's husband. ... Tom says this about Wilson because it is so obvious to everyone else that Myrtle is cheating on George except to George himself. ... In the end, Daisy chooses to remain with Buchanan, and Gatsby is murdered by the deranged husband of Myrtle Wilson, Buchanan's mistress, who had been accidentally run down and killed by Daisy. Buchanan serves as Gatsby's executioner; he allows George Wilson to believe that Gatsby had killed Myrtle (Trask 2)". ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby examines the 1920s vision of the American dream. ... This green light symbolizes Gatsby's hope that the present will change to that of a great future, one where dreams come true and the where American dream is realized. ... Gatsby's hope is destroyed by Tom's carelessness, rather then telling the truth he told Wilson that Gatsby ran over his wife. ... Wilson said, "God sees everything" to Michaelis after Myrtle's death. ... It is the place where Tom's mistress Myrtle lives. ...

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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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