The Great Gatsby Obsession Analysis
People sometimes may confuse their desire for love with obsession. In “The Great Gatsby”, Gatsby is really obsessed with Daisy. He bought a house across the bay; he had a lot of clippings of her stored, and changed his whole life to be with her. That shows how much someone is obsessed with another person. Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy causes him lots of misfortune on the long run. When a man buys a house to be closer to the woman he loves there is no other choice but to think he is obsessed. In the book it says, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.”(pg.63) Buying a house to be closer to a girl is very creepy. A normal girl would think that she is being stalked. No one likes being followed around. Gatsby didn’t
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“Look at this. Here’s a lot of clippings about you.”(pg.74). Gatsby said this to Daisy with excitement of showing her all the photos he had stored of her. If Daisy thought it was cute, or something than she’s a freak. Nobody keeps photos of a girl you haven’t seen in five years. That is really weird, and obsessive. Time is a precious thing in life people have to use it wisely or it will be wasted. Gatsby on the other did not use his time wisely. In the book it says, “He had waited five years…” (pg.78). Gatsby wasted five years of his life to try and get Daisy. He went to Oxford, got money through bootlegging, and left his past behind all to try and get the attention of Daisy. Getting Daisy has been Gatsby’s ultimate goal. It is the only thing he wants to do in life, and will sacrifice anything to get it. At the end this entire obsession with Daisy gets him killed. Gatsby is a stalking obsessive creep. Other people might see what he did for Daisy as admirable, but the truth is its very obsessive of him. Buying a house close to her, having those clippings of Daisy stored, and wasting five years of his life to be with her is not a very good idea to make someone fall in love. All of this shows why Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy. He says he loves her, but in reality he is obsessed with
“Look at this. Here’s a lot of clippings about you.”(pg.74). Gatsby said this to Daisy with excitement of showing her all the photos he had stored of her. If Daisy thought it was cute, or something than she’s a freak. Nobody keeps photos of a girl you haven’t seen in five years. That is really weird, and obsessive. Time is a precious thing in life people have to use it wisely or it will be wasted. Gatsby on the other did not use his time wisely. In the book it says, “He had waited five years…” (pg.78). Gatsby wasted five years of his life to try and get Daisy. He went to Oxford, got money through bootlegging, and left his past behind all to try and get the attention of Daisy. Getting Daisy has been Gatsby’s ultimate goal. It is the only thing he wants to do in life, and will sacrifice anything to get it. At the end this entire obsession with Daisy gets him killed. Gatsby is a stalking obsessive creep. Other people might see what he did for Daisy as admirable, but the truth is its very obsessive of him. Buying a house close to her, having those clippings of Daisy stored, and wasting five years of his life to be with her is not a very good idea to make someone fall in love. All of this shows why Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy. He says he loves her, but in reality he is obsessed with