Compare Gatsby's Obsession With Daisy

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Does Gatsby Have An Obsession With Daisy? Jennifer Gomez 6* Gatby’s obsession with Daisy isn’t a surprise. Just the way he talks to her, talks about her, and the way he looks at her is obviously an obsession. “He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.” Every time Gatsby was deciding to kiss Daisy he was also thinking about what else he could have done. He was thinking if he done the right thing. But at the same time he really wanted to kiss the girl. Every time Gatsby talks about Daisy or when he’s around Daisy his heart would beat faster. Everything they did was engraved in Gatsby’s mind. Mr. Gatsby and his obsession had him going crazy. He couldn’t get her of off his mind. He had Daisy thinking that nothing was going to work at all. But she also didn’t know how he felt for her and what he would do for her, for everything to be better. “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before, he said, nodding determinedly.” “She’ll see.” Daisy doesn’t want to believe him at all because he may be lying to…show more content…
But obsession kind of seems like a negative way to describe the way Gatsby feels about Daisy. When I think about the word obsession. I think about stalking and just overall creepiness. And Gatsby is not a creeper. I wouldn't say he is obsessed with her. Just deeply in love. Gatsby believes that Daisy deserves better then Tom because Tom is ignorant and cheats on Daisy. Daisy loves Gatsby, but I don't think she is in love with him as much as he is in love with her. But at the same time Gatsby can always just be in love with her because she’s high society. Daisy is lighty shallow. Gatsby could say he loves her but at the say time he can think he loves her or he can say that he’s in love with

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