The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“ ‘You don’t understand, ‘explained the criminal. ‘I wasn’t
driving. There’s another man in the car’ ” (Fitzgerald, 54). I do not
understand the significance of the accident. I am rather confused as to the
point of its inclusion into the story. It does not contribute anything to the
plot. It seems very random. There are two drunken fools driving near Gatsby’s
house and they crash in a ditch. The driver is so drunk that he cannot
comprehend that one of his wheels is missing. He tries to back out of the ditch
by going in reverse. He keeps thinking that he needs gas. Admittedly, it is
hilarious. Other than the situation being funny, I do not see any other purpose
for it.
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