Jay Gatsby's Downfall
“The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a fictional, yet realistic story of a selfbuilt millionaire. This millionaire, Jay Gatsby, finds himself stuck in tough situations because of his persistent fight for a married woman, Daisy Buchanan. His infatuation and blindness for Daisy ended up in the downfall of Gatsby’s life. Who is to blame for his downfall? Of course, Jay Gatsby is the one to blame.
Jay Gatsby had already started problems when he first met Daisy. Ever since he had set his eyes on her for the first time during the Great War, Gatsby thought of nothing else but “Daisy, Daisy, Daisy...”. If Gatsby was in the mental state to be able to forget a girl that he had met years ago, then his infatuation for her would have never …show more content…
He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of sidestreet drugstores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger for the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” (Fitzgerald 133) His highrisk business in a black market meant that he was dealing with mafialevel men and every move was a risky move. If Wilson did not shoot
Gatsby, someone involved in Wolfsheim’s business would. Gatsby’s involvement in
Wolfsheim’s dealings meant that in any parallelled universe, with Daisy or not, would end in a downfall and eventual death of Jay Gatsby.
Though few characters played a role in Jay Gatsby’s downfall, his death was a direct effect from his own actions. He is to blame for his own tragedy. Wilson physically pulled to trigger to kill Gatsby, but Gatsby has been metaphorically dead the day he made decisions to work with Wolfsheim, met Daisy, and provoked Tom. Those who attended his lavish parties saw the death of the “Great Gatsby”, but those outside of the story truly know that it was the death of the “Great ‘selfdestructive’
Gatsby”.
Works Cited
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby . New York: Scribner, 2004.
Jay Gatsby had already started problems when he first met Daisy. Ever since he had set his eyes on her for the first time during the Great War, Gatsby thought of nothing else but “Daisy, Daisy, Daisy...”. If Gatsby was in the mental state to be able to forget a girl that he had met years ago, then his infatuation for her would have never …show more content…
He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of sidestreet drugstores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger for the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” (Fitzgerald 133) His highrisk business in a black market meant that he was dealing with mafialevel men and every move was a risky move. If Wilson did not shoot
Gatsby, someone involved in Wolfsheim’s business would. Gatsby’s involvement in
Wolfsheim’s dealings meant that in any parallelled universe, with Daisy or not, would end in a downfall and eventual death of Jay Gatsby.
Though few characters played a role in Jay Gatsby’s downfall, his death was a direct effect from his own actions. He is to blame for his own tragedy. Wilson physically pulled to trigger to kill Gatsby, but Gatsby has been metaphorically dead the day he made decisions to work with Wolfsheim, met Daisy, and provoked Tom. Those who attended his lavish parties saw the death of the “Great Gatsby”, but those outside of the story truly know that it was the death of the “Great ‘selfdestructive’
Gatsby”.
Works Cited
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby . New York: Scribner, 2004.