The Great Gatsby Blog

Irene Magdalena Mr Doug English HL 9 February 2013 The Great Gatsby: Blog 2 We finally finished the book and did another 40-liner as a practice for the IOC that we’ll be taking next week. I chose the particular passage when George Wilson perhaps finally lost his sanity and decided to find out the man who “killed” his wife. We believe, and so did his friend Michaelis, that Myrtle got into an accident involving Gatsby and a yellow car but it was a far cry from murder and it certainly wasn’t intentional, after all, Daisy was driving. As said before, Wilson didn’t understand as to why his wife had died and chose to believe in the fantasy that someone killed her intentionally and not by accident. He thought that Gatsby was the man that Myrtle fell in love with. Before Myrtle’s accident, we know that somewhere among the lines, Wilson found out about her odd reactions and put two and two together. He figured that Myrtle has had an affair and she may or may not have denied her husband’s accusation. We then know that George had planned to take her away so she wouldn’t go near the man but Myrtle was upset and husband and wife got into a fight that led to a life being taken away. George had thought that Gatsby was the one who had hit on her and caused her infidelity. George said something truly strange while he was talking to Michaelis, he looked out the window and told his friend that God knew what Myrtle was doing and repeated how even if he didn’t know, God could see everything. Michaelis turned around and saw Dr. T. J. Eckleburg’s eyes. This is a symbolism that occurred once more, first in the beginning when Nick came to the valley of ashes for the first time. This is also ironic because Wilson claimed that he wasn’t involved in a church when prompted and yet he chose to believe in God.

Desperate and lost the love of his life, he went away while Michaelis was asleep and tried to track down his beloved’s murderer. Even though he knew that Myrtle’s heart was no longer with him, as it was so cruelly wrenched away by another man, and later, a vehicle. One thing led to another, he came upon Gatsby’s house and killed the poor innocent man.