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The Great Gatsby Gender Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete. (8.112-114)

Myrtle's already dead, but we have to wonder: would Wilson have killed her, too? Is he avenging his wife's honor—or her death?