He is the owner of a garage in the Valley of Ashes, which shows that he is rather poor. His only hope for starting a new and better life somewhere else, seems to be Tom selling his car to him. But he does not see that Tom does not intend to sell his car and that it is just and excuse to show up there and to meet Myrtle.
Wilson is ”so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive” and that is the reason why he never notices that Tom is the one his wife is having an affair with.
In the end, he is even so desperate that he is not able to think of another way than killing Gatsby and himself, to get out of his misery.
Poor George. He really gets the short end of the stick in this one. And, seeing as he's one of the few characters without staggering flaws, he doesn't even deserve it. From what we can tell, Wilson is hard-working and not cheating on his spouse. He's in a marriage with a woman who doesn't love or respect him, who walks through him as though he's a ghost; and meanwhile he just does what she says: "'Oh, sure,' agreed Wilson hurriedly"...
After Myrtle's death, Wilson is in serious emotional pain. He cries out "Oh, my God" over and over—but because his wife is dead? Because he just found out she was having an affair? Or because he feels guilty for making her run out into the street?
The other thing to note about Wilson is that he's the only character who talks about God. He tells Myrtle that she "can't fool God," that "God sees everything". His comment reminds us that, unlike the rich careless classes, the lower classes can't just retreat "back into […] money". Wilson and his class actually have to take responsibility for their actions, and they don't have trips to Paris to make it all more palatable.
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