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good Responsibility in The Great Gatsby         Bang  Gatsbys dead  George Wilson shot Gatsby  However, who is chastely trustworthy for killing Gatsby?  The obvious answer would be George since he pulled the trigger.  However, it is clear, if for no other reason than for the unimportance of George in the book, that others were also partly responsible.  In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, gobbler, Daisy, and George are morally responsible for the death of Gatsby.         tom turkey, because of his talk on Gatsby, commode be morally shoot downd for the murder of Gatsby.  When George talked to him, Tom told George it was Gatsbys car that hit Myrtle, but he failed to mention that it was Daisy driving.  charge though it was never directly mentioned, it is shown that Tom knew Daisy was the one who killed Myrtle when Nick said, ...and anybody would shoot said that they were conspiring together, (p.146) when referring to Tom and Daisy talking in their house.  This conspiring was probably a project to get Daisy away from the whole incident.  Furthermore, Tom and Daisy leave town the adjacent day, proving Toms knowledge of Daisys guilt by just trying to escape with her.  Even knowing this, Tom still had the indecency to tell George it was Gatsbys car.  Tom can also be morally blamed for the killing of Gatsby because of his affair with Myrtle.  George killed Gatsby non only because he thought he killed Myrtle, but also because he was under the impression that Gatsby was the one having the affair with his wife. Tom knew George was thinking this and when George talked to him, Tom seized his opportunity to get off the hook for his sin and directed it to Gatsby, make himself even more morally incorrect for doing it.  It is clearly justifiable to blame Tom for Gatsbys death.         Daisy can also be put morall y responsible for Gatsbys death.  Her bad morals relating to Gatsbys death are displayed when Gatsby said, Anyhow - Daisy stepped on it.  I tried to make her stop, but she couldnt... (p.145) Daisy was not morally responsible profuse to stop the car after she hit Myrtle.  She would also not land the rap for driving the car later, but instead, left town.