ipl-logo

The Great Gatsby Blame Game Essay

704 Words3 Pages

“The Great Gatsby” Blame Game In the romantic novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is a guy named Nick who moves to West Egg (an area near New York), and he meets a guy named Gatsby. It turns out Gatsby is madly in love with his cousin Daisy (who happens to be married), and Nick helps them rekindle their love. But with all the events that are going to play out, Gatsby ends up dead at the end of the book. There are a lot of factors that played into his death, but there is one person to really blame for Gatsby’s death: Tom, Daisy's husband. The first reason Tom is to blame for Gatsby's death is because he made Gatsby feel like an outsider to other rich people making him unable to make friends. This is proved by Tom saying this “ “My God, I believe the man’s coming,” said Tom. “Doesn’t he know she doesn’t want him?” . . . “I wonder where in the devil he met Daisy. By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish.” (Fitzgerald 103). This may seem trivial but the quote proves that Tom didn't like Gatsby from the jump. Some may say Gatsby didn't want to make friends and …show more content…

" "I told him the truth," he said. "He came to the door while we were getting ready to leave, and when I sent down word that we weren’t in he tried to force his way up-stairs. He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car. His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the house ——" " (Fitzgerald 178). Tom had set Gatsby up. Gatsby wasn't even driving that night; it was Daisy, but Gatsby took the bullet. Tom doesn't even have any remorse over having just killed a (mildly) innocent man. He just starts to complain about losing the women he cheated on his wife with. He just wants to play the victim, like this isn't all his

Show More
Related

  • Examples Of Who Is To Blame In The Great Gatsby

    1313 Words  | 6 Pages

    He knows that Daisy is married and is aware that Gatsby does not have a chance with her. Yes, he is trying to help him out in the spur of the moment, but his decisions are hurting Gatsby long term. Even after Gatsby's death Nick finds a way to make him look innocent and like a good friend. Nick says, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy” (Fitzgerald 137). Although Tom and Daisy are partially responsible as well, Nick points the blame right to them.

    Read More

  • The Femme Insane In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

    951 Words  | 4 Pages

    During Tom and Gatsby’s argument, Tom turns to Daisy and says, “He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter” (108). Upon hearing this, Daisy begins to pull away from Gatsby. He tries to deny this accusation from Tom by denying everything to Daisy, but “With every word she was drawing further and further into herself” (109). Gatsby stops trying to defend himself when he sees that Daisy is not accepting any of what he is saying. Gatsby seems furious and dangerous, and Nick remarks, “He looked—and this is said in all contempt for the babbled slander of his garden—as if he had ‘killed a man’”

    Read More

  • Examples Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby

    2421 Words  | 10 Pages

    Throughout the story, he went the extra mile for Daisy, but she didn’t appreciate him and often treated him badly. This shows that Gatsby is too good for Daisy. Daisy is portrayed by Fitzgerald as the problematic character who causes mayhem throughout the story. Daisy claims she loved both Tom and Gatsby as she says “I did love him once, but I loved you too” (Fitzgerald 132). This implies that

    Read More

  • What Does The Green Light Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

    1159 Words  | 5 Pages

    Tom proved a point when he let Gatsby take Daisy home and Gatsby took the blame for killing Tom’s mistress. This

    Read More

  • Essay Who Is To Blame For Gatsby's Downfall

    475 Words  | 2 Pages

    Throughout the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the title character Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a man yearning to be reunited with his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby's is in a relentless pursuit of Daisy which drives the plot of the novel and ultimately leads to his demise. Gatsby is to blame for his own demise because, he often blames himself for other’s actions, like Myrtle’s murder. Gatsby also suffers from a tragic flaw, this being his inability to wake up from his dreams of the past and accept his reality. In the Novel “The Great Gatsby” Gatsby if often blaming himself for other’s actions.

    Read More

  • Responsibility In The Great Gatsby

    1002 Words  | 5 Pages

    This leads George to assume that Gatsby was the owner and driver of the car. This proves that Tom is responsible for Gatsby's death as he indirectly blames Gatsby. Tom was fully capable of saying he was unsure of the owner of this vehicle. With Tom’s displayed uncertainty of the driver, George would have no leads as to who was responsible for the death of his wife. Leading to George unsuspecting Gatsby of the crime and in turn sparing Gatsby's life.

    Read More

  • The Great Gatsby Foolishness Analysis

    1014 Words  | 5 Pages

    In the book, Gatsby is very foolish, his actions are unreasonable and unrealistic. “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: "I never loved you."” (125) Gatsby had expected Daisy to be the same girl she was five years ago, but the truth is that she isn't. Many things had happened to the both of them and he had set up a foolish expectation that Daisy was willing to leave Tom for him. Gatsby’s foolishness originated with Daisy.

    Read More

  • Jay Gatsby's Downfall

    843 Words  | 4 Pages

    Gatsby being idiotic and careless to reveal to tell Tom that he is having an affair with Daisy, his wife, is one of the most catastrophic and foolish decision Gatsby made. Another essential point is that Gatsby is delusional and a daydreamer who believes he can get everything he wants by reshaping it to his liking. In chapter 6 during a conversation with Nick and Gatsby, "You can't repeat the past," Gatsby replies, "Why of course you can"(110-6). Proving Gatsby being delusional and stubborn to believe he could reshape the past so that he could relight his relationship with Daisy, even if she married to Tom and also had a daughter. Gatsby being careless as well as delusional puts Tom over the edge because he feels threatened that some random bootlegger, know it all is trying to take away his wife from him.

    Read More

  • The Great Gatsby Research Paper

    478 Words  | 2 Pages

    One of Gatsby's biggest flaws is his desire to get with Daisy and recreate history. His love for Daisy makes him willing to do anything to get her back. He says "He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she would go to Tom and say: I never loved you "(chapter 7). This shows us that Gatsby

    Read More

  • How Does Daisy Buchanan Give Me Death

    824 Words  | 4 Pages

    Tom was a well respected figure who cared about his money and image, very much like his wife, Daisy. After the car accident where Daisy preformed a hit-and-run on Myrtle, Tom told George Wilson that Gatsby owned the car, which wasn't true, but he didn't know his wife Daisy was the one actually driving. Tom told George this right after the big fight over who has Daisy's heart in the room in New York City, so obviously, he had bad intentions. Shortly after Tom told George who owned the car, George made a quick trip to West Egg where he shot Gatsby in his swimming pool, then committed suicide in Gatsby's lawn. The first person Nick thought he should tell was Daisy due to their relationship, however, when Nick called their butler informed him that "she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them . . ."

    Read More

  • What Does Yellow Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

    821 Words  | 4 Pages

    Gatsby saw Tom as competition and when Daisy revealed that she loved them both Gatsby was an equal with Tom. Gatsby reaches the upper class but due to his envy and extremeness he will never obtain a life that he did not have in the beginning. Gatsby’s “jaundiced” lifestyle of jealousy eventually closed where he “disappeared among the yellowing trees”(Fitzgerald 161)(Ferber

    Read More

  • Examples Of Carelessness In The Great Gatsby

    539 Words  | 3 Pages

    But just like his wife, Tom is careless and does not care for the consequences of his actions. After Tom kills Gatsby, he and his wife flee from New York, leaving with only their money and their

    Read More

  • Who Is Responsible For Gatsby's Death

    117 Words  | 1 Pages

    In my opinion, Tom is most responsible for Gatsby’s death. I believe that Tom is most responsible because Tom forgot to tell George that Daisy was the driver of Gatsby’s car the night Myrtle was hit by it. Tom forgot to tell George that because him and Daisy were plotting this out. I could tell something was up when Nick refers that “Tom and Daisy talking in the house(146). I also think that Daisy is a little bit responsible because she took on some bad morals when she hit Myrtle because she could have stopped the car after she hit Myrtle.

    Read More

  • The Great Gatsby Daisy Character Analysis

    1421 Words  | 6 Pages

    Tom’s objections to their relationship caused conflict that resulted in two deaths. It was Tom’s fault, after all, that Wilson found out about Gatsby. Conspiring to have someone murdered is immoral and caused conflict but like Gatsby, it was justified. He was defending his marriage, and had a personal vendetta against the man who tried to end it. If Gatsby never came along, Tom and Daisy would have had a life together.

    Read More

  • Summary Of The Great Gatsby

    712 Words  | 3 Pages

    They both assume that Gatsby was driving and that he is responsible for Myrtle's death. Tom wants revenge on Gatsby for trying to take his wife and killing his mistress. Nick, knowing this, tells Gatsby that he need to forget about Daisy and move on, but Gatsby

    Read More

More about The Great Gatsby Blame Game Essay

Open Document