Mr. Wilson
However,
Seeing as how no one witnessed the crime, besides Gatsby and Wilson who are both dead, no one knows for sure.
Meyer Wolfsheim
Tom Buchanan
There are many theores about who actually killed Gatsby.
Some people think that Tom Buchanan Killed Gatsby, others think it was Meyer Wolfsheim, and there are many more theories. I for one, think that Mr. Gatsby killed himself.
Gatsby
Suicide Facts
What Gatsby Had
Leading causes of suicide
- Depression
- divorce/separation of a relationship
- losing a loved one
- a serious accident
- abuse(physical,verbal,sexual)
- loss of hope
- a horrible disappointment
- feeling like one doesn't fit in to society
- depression from losing Daisy
- separated from his(somewhat imaginarey) relationship with Daisy
- lost his only loved one
- was in a serious accident that caused the death of Myrtle
- was verbally abused by Tom
- lost all hope in living after he lost his dream of having daisy, and he had nothing left to live for
- horribly disappointed after not getting Daisy after 5 years
- Felt like he didn't fit in any where because he had nobody at all in his life and had no reason to live
Conclusion:
Gatsby Killed Gatsby
Evidence
There are many theories for who killed Mr. James Gatz.
- Gatsby had been broken down by Tom and wasn't who he used to be, "Jay Gatsby had broken up like glass against Tom's hard malice," (Fitzgerald pg 148)
- Gatsby was extremely depressed because he had just lost the one thing that he had been living for for the past 5 years, he lost Daisy
- His dream of finally having Daisy was crushed and he had nothing else to live for
- He had no one in his life to turn to for help except for Nick, and Nick really didn't want anything to do with him.
- Also, Gatsby had just witnessed/ was an accomplice to the murder of Myrtle Wilson
Or as he was more well known, Mr. Jay Gatsby.
Popular assumption:
Many people think that Mr. George Wilson was the one who killed Gatsby.
Works Cited
Caruso, Kevin. "Suicide Causes." . Suicide.org. . Suicide.org. . Suicide.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2015.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 2004. Print.
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