Wilson believes that Gatsby killed Myrtle because Tom gave him intentionally misleading information. Earlier in the story, Tom stopped by Wilson's garage while driving Gatsby's yellow car, leading Wilson to believe that the car was Tom's.
What conclusion does Wilson come to regarding his wife's death? He thinks Gatsby killed her. Who does Wilson associate with the yellow car? Gatsby.
Tom thought that it was best that Wilson knew who the true killer was probably for closure, telling him that it was indeed Jay Gatsby who killed his love Myrtle Wilson. In George's mind he didn't think that his wife's death was an accident, but that her lover did it on purpose.
Nick initially refuses to shake Tom's hand but eventually accepts. Tom tells him that he was the one who told Wilson that Gatsby owned the car that killed Myrtle, and describes how greatly he suffered when he had to give up the apartment he kept in the city for his affair.
In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson spends the night after the accident in his office at the garage, talking to Michaelis, his neighbor. He works through his suspicions about his wife's affair, coming to the conclusion that Myrtle had been having an affair with Gatsby and that Gatsby had killed Myrtle on purpose.
How does Wilson react to Myrtle's death? Wilson is clearly devastated and distraught by Myrtle's death, and may possibly feel some regret too, as he was the reason why Myrtle ran into the road.
The death of Myrtle was directly caused by Daisy hitting her with Gatsby's car, but that was just an accident. The true cause of her demise was her own greed and lust for material things. She had everything she needed in life with George. He loved her and took care of her.
As Gatsby's car approaches the garage, Myrtle, who has been arguing with her husband, sees the vehicle and mistakenly believes that Tom Buchanan is driving it. She runs into the road, intending to speak with him but she is hit and killed. The car fails to stop.
Daisy infact knew that she was shaken up by Tom and Gatsby predicament. Daisy killed Myrtle; she knew it was immutable but yet she still did not want to have the onus of Myrtle's death. In her actions, she is careless enough to let another take the blame for it; who knew it turns out to be Gatsby.
George Wilson, meanwhile, mistakenly thinks that Myrtle was having an affair with Gatsby. He also believes Gatsby was driving the car that killed her. Wilson thus murders the wrong man, shooting Gatsby instead of Tom (his wife's lover) or Daisy (his wife's killer).
At the garage in the valley of ashes, George and Myrtle Wilson argue and she runs out into the street where she is hit by a 'big yellow car'. The narrative switches back to Nick. Tom realises that it was Gatsby's car that struck and killed Myrtle.
Later on, in Chapter 7, George starts to suspect she's having an affair when he finds her dog's leash in a drawer at the house.
When Myrtle sees the yellow car coming down the road, she assumes it's Tom, breaks out of her room, and runs out to seek his help. Myrtle's mistake proves fatal when Daisy, who's driving Gatsby's car, accidentally hits her, killing her instantly.
Tom has no idea that his mistress has died in the wreck, but the reader does. The dramatic irony continues when Tom assumes that Gatsby killed Myrtle because it was his car that hit her. However, it was in fact Daisy who was driving Gatsby's car and accidentally hit Myrtle, causing the accident to occur.
One of the last things Mr. Wilson says to Myrtle is "God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!"
Daisy's behavior during and after the fatal car crash with Myrtle Wilson reinforces the carelessness and selfishness that the novel suggests defines the period. Possibly drunk from the day in the city, Daisy carelessly strikes Myrtle with Gatsby's car.
Gatsby says that he has been waiting there in order to make sure that Tom did not hurt Daisy. He tells Nick that Daisy was driving when the car struck Myrtle, but that he himself will take the blame.
One of these witnesses had seen that driver before, but didn't know his name. That witness was Myrtle's husband, George Wilson, who, after recovering from the initial shock of Myrtle's death, grabbed his revolver and took justice in hand.
In Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson dies after Gatsby's yellow car hit her. According to Gatsby, it was Daisy Buchanan who was driving the car that killed Myrtle.
Wilson goes somewhat crazy after Myrtle's death, and slowly becomes convinced that the driver of the yellow car that killed her was also her lover, and that he killed her on purpose. He sets out to hunt the owner of the yellow car down. Wilson shoots Gatsby while Gatsby is waiting for Daisy's phone call in his pool.
Because her husband has just figured out that she is having an affair, she runs out in front of the car, thinking it is Tom coming for her. In a tragic climax to all the conflicts, Daisy does not stop. She runs over Myrtle, killing her instantly.
George claimed to be a rich, high-class citizen, while in reality he was a poor mechanic living in the Valley of Ashes, a lower class community. Myrtle couldn't stand the idea of being poor so she had an affair with Tom Buchanan, a wealthy, married man.
Daisy “taking it pretty well” indicates that she had little remorse after killing Myrtle, especially since the woman was Tom's mistress. Unlike Tom and Nick, Daisy was not as devastated over Myrtle's death.
How was Michaelis trying to comfort George Wilson? Michaelis tried to talk to George about his marriage, whether they had kids, if he belonged to a church, and who his friends were.
Myrtle Wilson's death acts as a trigger, changing the direction of the novel. The hit and run creates tension and blame between characters. Daisy was the person who hit Myrtle, but she was driving Gatsby's car. He took responsibility and claimed to be driving the car in order to protect her.