Ch. 7 & 8

            In the event of Gatsby dieing there were a few events that sort of foreshadowed that something shocking or horrific was going to happen. When Nick decided to tell us the skeptical and detailed information about Gatsby’s past it sort of raised a question. I wondered why he was telling this at all and why it just didn’t come out through Gatsby. One event that led to some rising in tension between characters was when Tom confronted Gatsby about everything he does and how he has received his money. Once Tom brings out the truth that Gatsby is in the bootleg business, Daisy is shocked and looks at Gatsby in a different way. Once the truth came out Gatsby knew he could no longer hide under the skin of Jay Gatsby meaning he would therefore have to reveal James Gatz. The other event that indicated that Gatsby might die was when Myrtle was killed. The whole Myrtle thing was a bit sketchy because even though Gatsby tells Nick that it was Daisy who was driving, we don’t ever really know who killed Myrtle. Even though Gatsby doesn’t have a reason to kill her it is still a kind of strange murder. Then once Myrtle was murdered I thought that maybe he would remember the car from earlier that afternoon when they stopped for gas. And once Wilson remembered I figured that he was going to seek vengeance on Gatsby because it was his car. With Gatsby so wrapped up about living his dream and being wealthy he didn’t realize what was happening to him. He trying so hard to be the perfect man for Daisy that he forgot that he needed to go and get her instead of waiting five years to build himself up into a false image of what he has accomplished out of life. His dream blinded him and in the end is what caused him to die in the end. Although if you do look at it, it was Tom’s and Daisy’s fault and Gatsby was just the man in the wrong car at the wrong time.