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Returning home, Daisy confesses to Tom, Nick and Jordan that she killed Myrtle. Tom, Daisy and Jordan plot to blame Gatsby for Myrtle's death, but Nick objects and leaves. Gatsby overhears this discussion while standing unseen on the veranda. Wilson suspects that Tom killed Myrtle, and he confronts Tom at his home.
Tom takes Myrtle to an iniquitous party in Manhattan where Myrtle feels alive, but she angers Tom by mentioning Daisy ("Shakin Off The Dust"). At the party, Nick sleeps with the photographer Mr. McKee, and afterwards wonders at the possibilities of the city; Daisy and Myrtle also contemplate their lots in life ("New York Symphony").
Tom's mistress, Myrtle Wilson, previously had seen Tom driving Gatsby's yellow car in the "valley of ashes", a sprawling refuse dump. [68] When she saw it approach that evening on its way back to East Egg, she presumed it was being driven by Tom and ran in front of it in hopes of reconciling with him. Daisy ran her over.
For those who haven’t read the book in a while (or ever, as was my case, though I still somehow managed to graduate high school), Myrtle is married to the poor gas station owner and dreams of a ...
Verdict: False. There is no evidence of Wilson having a brother-in-law by this name. Fact Check: President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, after he previously pledged that he wouldn’t ...
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The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American historical romantic drama film based on the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.The film was directed by Jack Clayton, produced by David Merrick, and written by Francis Ford Coppola.
Everyone leaves the hotel. Myrtle has been walking to the Plaza, thinking about her pregnancy with Tom's child. She is hit and killed by a yellow Rolls-Royce ("One-Way Road"). Tom sees Myrtle's body being carried away by the police. Jordan and Nick realize that Gatsby's car killed Myrtle, but Jordan wants to stay quiet.