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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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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• Grade Level: High School