The Great Gatsby · Character
George Wilson
A worn garage owner in the valley of ashes, George Wilson pumps gas beneath the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and quietly suspects his wife is slipping away.
supporting
Also known as George, George B. Wilson
First appearance: ii
As a supporting figure in The Great Gatsby, George Wilson is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Driven to madness by Myrtle's death, he tracks Gatsby to West Egg and murders him in the pool before committing suicide nearby.
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Wilson runs the failing garage at the edge of the ash heaps, a man whose gray dust-stained world sits in stark contrast to the glitter of East Egg. He loves Myrtle with a desperate, clinging devotion that makes him both…
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Gatsby's delusion that he can recapture Daisy shatters here, as he waits all night for a signal that never com…
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See George Wilson in ii