Explanation:
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is killed by George Wilson, the husband of Myrtle Wilson, whom Gatsby is believed to have accidentally killed earlier in the story. After Myrtle’s death, Gatsby is shot by Wilson, who mistakenly believes that Gatsby was the one having running over his wife. The irony of Gatsby’s death is that he is killed not by those who are directly responsible for his downfall, but by a character who is motivated by his own sense of righteous anger and revenge.