At the end of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Nick confront Tom Buchanan. Nick has a lot of pent of rage he releases on Tom, obviously blaming Tom not only for Gatsby's death, but also for leaving. I was not surprise to find that Tom seemed unaffected by the fact that he indirectly caused Gatsby's death by telling Wilson. The wealthy in this story never seemed to bother with anything that does not affect them directly. For example, almost no one came to Gatsby's funeral. While he was alive however, they were more than happy to take advantage of his hospitality.
It soon become clear that Daisy never told Tom who was really driving the car that night, so Tom believed Gatsby got what he deserved for killing Myrtle.
"He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car" (Fitzgerald, 178).
The situational irony is extreme here, because obviously Daisy was the hit-and-run driver, not Gatsby. However, only a few characters, and the reader, are given this information.It's also very tragic, because Gatsby's life was lost because he took the blame for one of Daisy's mistakes.
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