…Great Gatsby?

Question

Which character(s) would you hold morally responsible for Gatsby and the end of the novel?

Answer 1

Well, Ol' Sport, you have to hold Jay Gatsby himself responsible for himself. He was so blinded by Daisy, and I think Nick testifies to that in the final chapter. He should have focused on Jordan.

Answer 2

Gatsby is definitely responsible for the choices he made in his life. Sacrificing an identity for Daisy, building a whole new life out of nothing for her and completely and only focusing on her does not do him any good in the end. It was his choice.
However, the situation we have at the end is a bit more complex. First of all, it was Daisy who drove over the woman and killed her- she was able to passively stand by as Gatsby claimed the responsibility. Not good. Also, it is again Daisy's incapability of doing anything that creates so much tension in the story that everything falls apart in the end. With the incapability I mean: She wants to go to Gatsby, she wants to stay with Tom because of her duties as a wife and a mother, she is not stupid, she is unhappy and aware of this but tries to conceal her awareness with fake stupidity. And her complete paralysis keeps everyone dangling around. Daisy also has responsibility for the crisis.
Tom is responsible for getting away and leaving Gatsby just like that - he knew Gatsby'd get hurt. He's such a swine.
And if we want to go in the extreme, we could even give a bit of fault to Nick as he just stayed away. Still in the end, most of it goes to Gatsby because he lets his own destruction happen.

Answer 3

Gatsby was morally responsible for himself. Tom Wilson was responsible for Gatsby's murder.

Answer 4

Gatsby himself. Everyone makes their own choices and is morally responsible for said choices.