How Does Daisy React To The Death Of The Great Gatsby

“’Did you see any trouble on the road?’ he asked after a minute. ‘Yes.’ He hesitated. ‘Was she killed?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It’s better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well.’ He spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” Gatsby’s hesitation before asking “Was she killed” means he has bad memories from mentioning murder, especially since he was involved in one. The damage in reputation that this kill could possibly result in is enough to hurt Gatsby, and his achievements will have become worthless. During the part where Gatsby claims that he “thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It’s better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well,” Gatsby

is speaking from experience as a criminal. When he first killed someone, he too experienced the shock of being responsible for draining the life of a species like himself. If the shock comes all at once, it ends after it is done.

The perpetrator can move on. Whereas, distributing the shock throughout different times could lead to the memories of the kill to remain tinted in the murderer’s mind. Daisy “taking it pretty well” indicates that she had little remorse after killing Myrtle, especially since the woman was Tom’s mistress. Unlike Tom and Nick, Daisy was not as devastated over Myrtle’s death. Compared to the bubbly and charming Daisy, this Daisy is cold, who is not the girl Gatsby loves. Furthermore, Gatsby is more concerned about Daisy’s feelings rather than the fact that a woman has just been killed. He is so obsessed with Daisy that Myrtle’s death is insignificant to him. In Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy, he has sacrificed his morals for a girl who does not love him back. The questions that Gatsby asked of Nick were out of confirmation: Were the things he told Daisy correct? He asking as if he is oblivious to the things that just happened. When Gatsby asserts, “I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so,” it is as if he has been waiting to hear that Myrtle has died. He is no better than Daisy because even after killing a woman, all he cares about is Daisy and is just standing

back. Gatsby knew that Daisy had ran over Myrtle, yet he did not do any about it. Nick’s short answers demonstrate his anger towards Gatsby and how he does not want to speak to him. With Gatsby’s questions and replies, Nick cannot stand to hear another word come out of his mouth.
“’I got to West Egg by a side road,’ he went on, ‘and left the car in my garage.

I don’t think anybody saw us, but of course I can’t be sure.’ I disliked him so much by this time that I didn’t find it necessary to tell him he was wrong.” Gatsby’s house has become a hideout. Chances are, he will not be inviting anymore guests for parties because they might discover the vehicle that murdered Myrtle. Thus, Gatsby becomes lonelier. Daisy left him, and his party guests are no longer welcome. The irony is that Gatsby’s car was meant to impress Daisy, but in the end, she ruined it, and he now has to hide it. The car used to represent luxury, but after Myrtle’s death, people will see the car as a weapon that killed someone. Within the short time frame that Myrtle was hit, Gatsby could not have caught any witnesses. He thinks no one saw him and Daisy because he wants it that way. He wants there to have been no witnesses so that Daisy can successfully get away with murder. At this point, Nick cannot believe the words that are coming out of Gatsby’s mouth, and his dislike for Gatsby has reached a level where he does bother to tell him that Michaelis saw everything that happened. Nick wants Daisy and Gatsby to be punished for their crime. Even if Nick does not tell Gatsby, he and Daisy would not know that Nick was aware of a witness, so they would not get mad at him. Unlike them, he remains a more honest and righteous person than they are. These upperclassmen think they can bail

themselves out of anything. Well, not this time. Nick’s refusal to tell Gatsby the truth is not due to hatred but out of disgust. He wants a change to begin in the upper class, starting with the Buchanans and Gatsby. They should begin to learn from their mistakes and grow up, rather than paying their way past them.