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English 9
The Great Gatsby follows the story of Jay Gatsby (which is narrated by protagonist, Nick Carraway), a man who wants his life to be centered by his one desire which is to be reunited with his lost love of 5 year, Daisy Buchanan which doesn't go as planned.
George is morally responsible for Gatsby . His immortal reaction was him killing Gatsby which was inferred by these lines ," The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheim's protege's-heard the shots..."(Fitzgerald,pg.162)He was only morally responsible for no more than shooting and killing Gatsby. He was victimized by the wealthy's selfishness, but it still doesn't justify the actions of him killing Gatsby. George should have just let justice take it's course.
Tom Buchanan is somewhat responsible for the murder of Gatsby. He told George that Gatsby was Myrtle's executioner but didn't mention that it was Daisy that what was the driver. Even though there's no written evidence that Tom knew that Daisy was the driver,there's evidence that he knew when Nick states,"...and anyone would have said that they were conspiring together."(Fitzgerald pg.146),when referring to Daisy and Tom talking in their house after the whole ordeal. The "conspiring" was probably the plan to get Daisy away from the whole situation. Apart from this, their decision to leave to leave town, eludes to his knowledge of Daisy being Myrtle's murderer.
Daisy is equally responsible for Gatsby's death because of her bad morals. Her morals are shown when Gatsby states," Anyhow- Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop, but she couldn't..."(Fitzgerald, pg.145) She wasn't morally responsible to stop the car after she hit Myrtle.She would also not take the rap for driving the car but, but instead decided to leave town. This left Gatsby in trouble because George thought Gatsby was driving the car, which also provoked the murder. Daisy's behavior would have still left Gatsby in trouble with the police even if George didn't kill Gatsby.
Tom, Daisy and George are all morally responsible for Gatsby's death. In every crime, the moral responsibility is placed on one person. Sometimes, other individuals must take some responsibility. Daisy and Tom both played a part in Gatsby's death because of their horrible morals