Who Is Responsible For Gatsby's Death

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In The Great Gatsby, there are many characters that could be responsible for Gatsby’s death. Gatsby could have killed himself without even knowing it, but with all of Tom’s mistakes of his past; he is the reason why Jay Gatsby death. The first reason why Tom is responsible for Gatsby’s death is his affair. In the novel, on page 15, Jordan states, “Tom’s got some woman in New York”. This quote basically represents the mistake Tom is making. If he had never cheated there would have been no reason for Daisy to go out and cheat either. Then all the events after that would have been different. They both would be loyal to each other and not another person. The next reason Tom is responsible for the death of Gatsby is because he just had to go