The Great Gatsby Pgs. 133-144

In these pages of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an unfortunate event occurs. A woman is run over in the middle of the street in a tragic hit and run. Myrtle ran out into the street, and was hit by a car. A yellow car, heading away from New York. "Its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust", She is dead, and Gatsby's car has hit Myrtle, while Daisy was driving (Fitzgerald, 137). It is sad to me that a woman was hit by a car, running into the street, especially by Daisy. It seems a bit unlikely that Daisy, Tom's wife would hit Myrtle, Tom's mistress. This seems a bit forced, and seems that it would almost never happen in reality. It does add a bit of humor though. Tom's losing his wife, and has now lost his mistress as well. I couldn't tell from the end of the fight between Tom and Gatsby, whether Daisy would choose Tom or Gatsby, but I hold out hope that she will choose Gatsby. Gatsby, even after being in a car crash, is still a gentleman, willing to take the fall for Daisy's hit and run. It seems Tom may now abuse Daisy, like he abused Myrtle that day in the hotel, for going with another man. I hope Daisy makes the right decision, and chooses Gatsby.