Death of the Great Gatsby and the Missing Poor Man Wilson: The Full Story After Two Years

By: Sarah Coleman

Rumors and on-going gossip has been spread from the slums to the riches about how Jay Gatsby dies. Stories had reported that Myrtle Wilson had been killed from a hit-and-run incident. The question on everyone’s mind after the event happened was, “Who?” and, “Why?” The car that was seen to run over Mrs. Wilson was a big yellow automobile. The only known man to have this car within a 50-mile radius happened to be Jay Gatsby. Why would Gatsby run over Mrs. Wilson though? Once Mr. Wilson had heard of this from an unknown “friend”, he was seen leaving his shop and walking the long way to the Gatsby mansion. Nick Carraway, a close friend to Gatsby, had said at the time: “After a long day of work I went to go see how he was doing, like I always did, and he was dead.” Some people say that he committed suicide but others seem to know that Wilson traveled to Gatsby’s with a gun and shot his enemy along with himself. Now after two long years, Mr. Carraway has told us the real story. After a tiresome day in New York, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker, and Tom Buchanan traveled in Mr.s Buchanan’s car and Daisy Buchanan (Gatsby’s former lover) and Mr. Gatsby rode in the yellow automobile the belonged to Gatsby. Passing by George Wilson’s garage, the yellow car crushes Myrtle Wilson. The driver of the car was none other than Daisy. Mr. Carraway tells us that it was a complete accident and that Mrs. Buchanan knew not the woman. Later, Tom Buchanan went straight to Wilson’s and told him that Gatsby had done the damage. Wilson walked to Gatsby’s while he was in the pool and shot him dead then shot himself, committing suicide. Tom and Daisy Buchanan soon disappeared together and are to this day, incognito. All is twisted in these lands.