How Did Myrtle Wilson Kill Gatsby

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Who Really Killed Gatsby? In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson is the one who pulled the trigger when it came to killing Jay Gatsby but does that mean he was responsible. When someone is killed the blame should not always fall on the one who pulled the trigger. Because sometimes the fault it someone else’s. In the case of Gatsby that may or may not have been the case. I’m not here to persuade or trick you in to thinking a certain way. These is an essay for the facts so here they are. This is what happened, best we can tell by what the book says. Myrtle Wilson was killed in a hit and run with Gatsby’s yellow car but Daisy was driving. George Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, was depressed and drunk after his wife’s death that lead him to confront his

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