Tom Buchanan didn't directly say, "Gatsby killed Myrtle," but he told George Wilson that the fatal yellow car belonged to Gatsby, implying Gatsby was the driver and Myrtle's lover, which led George to murder Gatsby, with Tom later confessing to Nick, "I told him the truth" (referring to the car's owner). Tom manipulated George by pointing him towards Gatsby, saying, "That fellow had it coming to him" after George confronted him.
Tom, jealous over the relationship that was forming between Gatsby and Daisy, tells Wilson that Gatsby is the one who hit Myrtle as he was having an affair with her.
Tom realises that it was Gatsby's car that struck and killed Myrtle. Back at Daisy and Tom's home, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car that killed Myrtle but he will take the blame.
But Tom Buchanan is saying that Gatsby is a social upstart and not to be trusted, because he doesn't have a well-established family background like his own. Gatsby is a self-made man. Not just in terms of money – he has also made a whole new identity for himself.
The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved.”
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” The big one! The end of the book but not really a spoiler.
Daisy's finger has been hurt by her physically powerful husband Tom, although she says it was an accident. The novel contains several other accidents, and numerous allusions to the role of accidental occurrences in human life.
Myrtle Wilson's death symbolizes the tendency of society to favor the elite at the expense of the lower classes. Tom and Daisy, the elite couple, walk away virtually consequence-free after destroying and killing Myrtle, as well as indirectly causing the deaths of George Wilson and Jay Gatsby.
Chapter 7 Quotes
"What I like is the 'turn' bit," Two-Bit said. ... "Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden."
Why does Daisy kiss Gatsy while Tom is on the phone in the other room? She is living recklessly and trying to get caught or get back Tom at for having a mistress. What does Gatsby see at Daisy's that he found hard to believe? He sees Pammy, Daisy and Tom's daughter, and realizes he cannot erase the last five years.
Relationship with Gatsby
The novel suggests that they slept together. Daisy had a breakdown the day before her wedding to Tom where she got drunk. This seems to have happened because she realised she did not really love Tom but in fact loved Gatsby.
circa 1928-1929 – 13 June, 1943), more commonly known as "Moaning Myrtle", was a Muggle-born witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1940 – 1943 and was sorted into Ravenclaw. She was killed in 1943 by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, under Lord Voldemort's (Tom Riddle) orders.
She is upset and driving recklessly, and she ends up crashing the car into Myrtle Wilson, killing her. She and Gatsby drive away without stopping. The Great Gatsby car crash is one of the most intense moments in the novel; it is essentially the climax of The Great Gatsby.
Tom Buchanan learns that his wife, Daisy, is having an affair, which is ironic given that he is also having an affair. Daisy is the driver of the vehicle that hits and kills Myrtle Wilson. This is ironic since Myrtle is the mistress of her husband. These are both examples of dramatic irony.
Scott Fitzgerald elaborates on these differences makes the reader question how Daisy ever loved both of them. To counteract Gatsby and his bright yellow car, Tom Buchanan owned a classy, blue coupe like the one in the image.
As Gatsby's car approaches the garage, Myrtle, who has been arguing with her husband, sees the vehicle and mistakenly believes that Tom Buchanan is driving it. She runs into the road, intending to speak with him but she is hit and killed. The car fails to stop.
To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 7: Quotes
"As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it" - When Scout takes Atticus's advice to put herself in Jem's place, she is not able to understand why he is acting so moody, but she is able to accept it and leave him alone.
The best quotes from The Outsiders on comfort and love
He wasn't just any boy." "I liked my books and clouds and sunsets." "A guy that'll really listen to you, listen and care about what you're saying, is something rare." "He don't mean nothin' ... he's just got more worries than somebody his age ought to.
The Great Gatsby isn't explicitly LGBTQ+, but it's frequently read through a queer theory lens, particularly focusing on narrator Nick Carraway's complex feelings for Gatsby, suggesting homoerotic undertones, closeted sexuality, and intense, possibly romantic, longing that transcends typical friendship in a repressive era. While F. Scott Fitzgerald never confirmed Nick as gay, interpretations point to Nick's detailed descriptions of men, his avoidance of intimacy with women like Jordan, and his fascination with Gatsby as hints of his hidden sexuality.
In fact, the image is pretty overtly sexual—notice how it's Myrtle's breast that's torn open and swinging loose, and her mouth ripped open at the corners. This echoes Nick's view of Myrtle as a woman and mistress, nothing more—even in death she's objectified.
How does Tom react to Myrtle's death? Tom immediately establishes his alibi and states that he has no idea where the yellow car is and that it was not his. However, later on, during the ride home, he begins to cry.
Yet Daisy isn't just a shallow gold digger. She's more tragic: a loving woman who has been corrupted by greed. She chooses the comfort and security of money over real love, but she does so knowingly.
Mansell Pattison's network schema suggests that Gatsby was a seriously deranged individual, in the range of a Skid Row alcoholic, an institutionalized psychotic, or a disabled borderline, whose efforts at resolution had run their course (1, 2).
Gatsby reveals the truth about his past with Daisy. He tells Nick that Daisy was his social superior; nonetheless, they fell deeply in love and slept together, which made Gatsby feel married to her.