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Short version: After a tense confrontation at the Plaza Hotel between Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, Daisy ultimately cannot fully break from Tom. On the way back, Myrtle Wilson is killed by Gatsby’s car while Daisy is driving. George Wilson, misled about who owned the car, shoots and kills Gatsby. The novel ends with…

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