The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
As Nick travels past the crime scene, the focus shifts on over to Wilson. Reporters and relatives all flocked to his shack all because a woman was murdered. I'm not sure why everyone is still hanging around, because Wilson is an absolute bore of a man. The neighbor Michaelis does his best to keep Wilson's mind off of it, but Wilson is slowly slipping into madness. He is thinking methodically, seeking vengeance for his wife. Michaelis reveals that Wilson had nothing in his life, absolutely nothing besides his wife. The suspicion turns into pending disaster as Michaelis and Wilson talk about the accident, and Wilson suspects that "'he killed her...' 'Who did?' 'I have a way of finding out'" (Fitzgerald 158). He says things that that over and over, almost like he is predestined to murder his wife's killer. He promptly leaves Michaelis and goes to question about the yellow car. As Gatsby heads to the pool, Wilson figures out 'twas Gatsby's car that hit his wife. They meet at the pool and kill each other. It was so abrupt, that I'm not sure how it happened. Wilson had a gun, but yet He died too. I guess he could've killed himself, since he had very little left in this world.
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