collateral
col·lat·er·al – /kəˈladərəl,kəˈlatrəl/
noun
1. something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.
definition from Oxford Languages

gatsby and myrtle die in the Great Gatsby. as I’ve mentioned a few times, they are victims of the rich. a passing entertainment for the rich.

have you ever experienced being so passionate about a hobby then just forgetting about it after a while? when I was younger, I developed an interest in playing the marimba, simply because I thought the piano was boring.

for the extremely rich, like the Buchanans, life gets boring when you already have everything you could possibly have. this boredom turns into playing with the lives and emotions of the desperate.

daisy takes advantage of gatsby’s feelings for her, the memories they’ve shared. tom takes advantage of myrtle’s paucity. and once they’ve played they’ve gotten their share of entertainment, they flee from the consequences.