The Great GatsbyWho Really Murdered Jay Gatsby? In the novel "The Great Gatsby", Jay Gatsby is murdered by George Wilson, husband of Myrtle Wilson who was killed when she was not hit by Gatsby's car. But Wilson didn't know Gatsby was driving until Tom Buchannan told him. What Tom didn't know was that it was Daisy, not Gatsby, who killed Myrtle. Gatsby revealed to Nick that Daisy was driving when he said, "You see, when we left New York she was very nervous and she thought it would calm her down to drive - and this woman ran up to us just as where we were overtaking a car. coming the other way. It all happened in a minute, but it seemed to me that she wanted to talk to us, she thought we were someone she knew. » (Fitzgerald 143). Gatsby then says, “But of course I'll say I was driving” (Fitzgerald 143), and he takes responsibility for it. Gatsby practically set himself up for disaster by pretending that he was the one who killed Myrtle. Three people are responsible for the death of Jay Gatsby. One of them is directly responsible, since he pulled the trigger. The other four participated in this murder. The one who pulled the trigger was George Wilson. George was very emotional because of his wife's murder. George truly loved his wife and he was truly grieving. George thought Gatsby was a myrtle lover. He said: “It was the man in that car. She ran to talk to him and he didn't stop. »(Fitzgerald159). George thinks Myrtle knew the owner of the yellow car. Since Wilson found out about the offer, he must have thought that Gatsby was driving the car and ran over Myrtle, when in reality he was innocent. George should have found out who was driving the car rather than who owned it. George killed Gatsby because of the lie told by Tom Buchannan. Middle of paper......these holidays. Gatsby's love towards Daisy is what caused him to blame himself. He couldn't let go of Daisy, he was stuck in his life trying to get the woman of his life. He wanted to spend his whole life with Daisy. Tom Buchannan is not entirely responsible for Jay Gatsby's death because others were also involved in the murder. Tom Buchannan played a role in it as did his wife, George Wilson and Gatsby himself. The major role in this death goes to Daisy. Daisy is Myrtle's main killer, which led to Gatsby's death. Daisy only cared about Gatsby's money, not Gatsby himself. Gatsby and Nick come from a working background, but Daisy does not. Tom and Daisy didn't care about hurting others, they only cared about themselves. If Daisy really loved Gatsby, she would have told Wilson that it wasn't Gatsby who crushed Myrtle..