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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the scene of violence in which Myrtle Wilson is hit and killed by Daisy Buchanan in the car contributes to the book’s meaning by showing that in the end lovers never win. There is evidence of many characters in The Great Gatsby cheating on one another. Once the cheater is revealed relationships and peoples lives are ruined. While at the hotel, Jay Gatsby, Tom and Daisy …showed first 75 words of 263 total…

…showed last 75 words of 263 total…expensive gifts pleased him. Tom liked the feeling of giving Myrtle something material that made her happy. Myrtle’s husband, George Wilson, was poor, and he couldn’t provide the rich life Myrtle wanted. Their relationship was built on this false hope of Tom and Myrtle one day being married, although Myrtle believed this to be true, Tom knew that he would never be able to leave his wife. These two came from different ends