He shoots himself
While in the swimming pool he is killed by George Wilson.
Myrtle Wilson is Gatsby's secret mistress and George Wilson is Myrtle's actual wife. George and Myrtle live in the valley of ashes. George Wilson shoots Gatsby because he thinks that Myrtle cheated on him with Gatsby.
George Wilson is Myrtle's wife and is grief stricken at her death. He believes Jay Gatsby killed Myrtle because his car was used to commit the crime. Therefore Wilson hunts Gatsby down and kills him.
George Wilson shoots Jay Gatsby because he believes Gatsby killed his wife, Myrtle Wilson, and was having an affair with her. Here’s a breakdown of what leads to the tragic shooting in The Great Gatsby: Myrtle is killed by a car: Myrtle runs out onto the road and is struck and killed by Gatsby’s yellow car. The car belongs to Gatsby, but Daisy was driving: Daisy Buchanan was actually behind the wheel, but Gatsby takes the blame to protect her. Tom Buchanan misleads George: Tom tells George that the yellow car belongs to Gatsby, and strongly implies that Gatsby was Myrtle’s lover—even though it was actually Tom himself having the affair. George believes Gatsby is responsible: Convinced by Tom’s lies and devastated by Myrtle’s death, George seeks revenge. He goes to Gatsby’s mansion, finds Gatsby in the pool, and shoots him. Then, George takes his own life.
No, Tom Buchanan did not kill George Wilson. George Wilson kills Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, believing that Gatsby was driving the car that killed his wife. Tom Buchanan reveals Gatsby's involvement to Wilson, but he is not directly responsible for George Wilson taking this action.
Myrtyle was the lover of Tom Buchanan. George Wilson was her lifeless husband. Myrtle is killed by the car that Daisy was driving. George shoots Jay Gatsby at the end of the novel and commits suicide.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby," Wilson shoots Gatsby in Chapter 8, on the last page of the chapter.
George Wilson is the Husband of Myrtle Wilson.
George Wilson is the Husband of Myrtle Wilson.
George Wilson commits suicide in the great gatsby.
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In "The Great Gatsby," the character who commits suicide is George Wilson. He shoots himself after discovering that his wife, Myrtle, had been killed by a car driven by Gatsby, who he believes to be her lover. This event is a central part of the novel's climax.