Myrtle's Death In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald conveys a strong message about how some people want to reach their dreams so badly that they don’t think of the consequences that could occur. Fitzgerald indicates how Gatsby believes excessively in his dreams with Daisy that it leads him to his death. This is shown when Nick is at Gatsby’s house and they're talking about Daisy but then all of a sudden Gatsby starts looking around and acting different, “He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.”I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,“He said, nodding determinedly.”She’ll see”(110). This quote conveys how Gatsby was looking around like if the past was returning to him
Fitzgerald shows how Myrtle always wants a better lifestyle and wants to get out of “The Valley of Ashes” to become wealthier, but that causes her death. Fitzgerald shows this when Nick meets Tom’s mistress Myrtle and they go to New York, Nick describes that Myrtle started buying many things and how she was acting rich, “bought a copy of Town Tattle and a moving picture magazine, and in the station drug- store some cold cream and a small flask of perfume.Up-stairs,in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxicabs drive away before she selected a new one, lavender-color with gray upholstery…. Tapped on the front glass.”I want to get one of these dogs”(27). This example portraits how Myrtle was only with Tom so she can get good things and can go out of The Valley of Ashes, “She let four taxicabs drive away before she selected a new one” this part shows how she was trying to become someone she’s not and she’s trying to get a very good and new looking cab even though she can’t afford it, I also conveys how she only wants to buy good things with Tom’s money because she has nothing at all. In addition another example is when Gatsby and Daisy runover Myrtle when she came out running out of nowhere in the Valley of Ashes on their way