Great Gatsby Essay

Victim

“When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). This is true of one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s very own characters. In the book, The Great Gatsby, the character George Wilson would be one of these “people” who act irrationally when they are taken out of their comfort zone. George would be a real victim in this story because he is a good person that cannot get lucky in life, his wife cheats on him, and his wife is murdered.

George is a good person; however, he is poor, he is destitute, and he cannot seem to have any luck. George shows he is and good person in several ways. He owns his own honest and hardworking business. This shows that he is a good person because he’s honest and hardworking. He clearly loves his wife. He cares for her and her needs above himself, showing his care and love for others. George, sadly, is poor and destitute. He lives in the Valley of Ashes, a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. He lives in a land that characterizes his poverty and destitution. He is a victim because of his poverty. George cannot seem to make it in life. He is a good person, yet he only is with evil people. He has a successful business, yet he is poor. He loves his wife, yet she doesn’t love him back. George is quite the victim because of this. He does everything right, but gets nothing back from it. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t make it in life. George is a victim in this story because despite being good, he is poor, destitute, and luckless.

George is truly a victim in this story because despite loving his wife, his wife cheats on him. When Nick realizes that George found out about the affair, he thinks, “He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world and the shock had made his physically sick” (Fitzgerald 130). This quote is stating how finding out about Myrtle’s affair with Tom made George physically and mentally sick. Not only does his wife cheat on him, he feels so horrified and depressed he becomes physically and mentally sick. His victimization continues to become worse and worse. When asked about the noise in his house Wilson replies calmly, “вЂ?I’ve got my wife locked in up there,вЂ™Ð²Ð‚¦. вЂ?She’s going to stay there till the day after tomorrow and then we’re going to move away” (Fitzgerald 143). This quote is showing how George has gone crazy from learning of Myrtle’s affair. He was so in love, he couldn’t live normally any more. He now has become crazy, adding to his victimized state. George is the victim because his wife cheats on him.

Finally, George takes the final blow,