Great Gatsby Chap. 8&9

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made..." (Fitzgerald 179).
       Tom and Daisy were unable to see the consequences of their actions before they committed them. Tom must have suspected that Mr. Wilson was going to kill whoever had killed his wife, but this didn't stop him from telling Mr. Wilson that it had been Gatsby who hit Myrtle. Tom was careless about the fact that Mr. Wilson was going to murder someone. Daisy was also careless in this series of events because she did not stop the car after hitting Myrtle in the first place, and she must not have told Tom that she had been driving because it was probably easier to place the blame on someone else. Unfortunately, she did not consider that Gatsby would have to pay for her dishonesty. Daisy was responsible for the death of two people, but she simply "retreated back into [her] money...and let other people clean up the mess [she] had made" (179). Daisy did not attend Gatsby's funeral, or make any attempt to take responsibility for her actions. She left her "mess" in Nick's hands (179).