The Great Gatsby

describe Mr. Wilson and Myrtle in the Great Gatsby.do they seem to fit the setting?

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Myrtle Wilson

An earthy, vital, and voluptuous woman, Myrtle is desperate to improve her life. She shares a loveless marriage with George Wilson, a man who runs a shabby garage. She has been having a long-term affair with Tom Buchanan, and is very jealous of his wife, Daisy. After a fight with her husband, she runs out into the street and is hit and killed by Gatsby's car.

George B. Wilson

George is a listless, impoverished man whose only passion is his love for his wife, Myrtle. He is devastated by Myrtle's affair with Tom. After her death, the magnitude of his grief drives Wilson to murder Jay Gatsby before committing suicide himself.

They do fit the setting in a sense. They represent the American dream that remais ellusive to most Americans. They strive for it and even, at times, flirt with it but can never have it. They are the opposite of Tom and Daisy.