The Great Gatsby Obsession

Everyone finds love one way or another, but in “The Great Gatsby” it’s much different. The author, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, fell in love with a girl, Zelda, well she ended up leaving him because he was poor, and she would be living a lifestyle she’s not used to. When Fitzgerald gets money, and becomes well off Zelda comes running back, they get married, travel together, and have a kid this is when he wrote “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is not in love with Daisy, he loves the idea of being with her. Jay Gatsby is obsessed not in love. If Gatsby were to be in love with Daisy he would have chased after her, rather than waiting for her to come to him. Daisy showing up at one of Gatsby’s parties and him being to nervous to even talk to her is not love. Aren't you supposed to be comfortable with the person you’re supposedly in love with. In The Great Gatsby chapter 5, Gatsby says, “This is a terrible mistake,” because he is
He moves across the water from her, throws these extravagant parties for her, and even brought his status up for her, kind of what the author of this story did. It’s really funny how one can claim to be in love with someone yet still put them through the pain of thinking they lost that person or not even talking to them for almost 5 years, Gatsby even says, “Five years next November” after Daisy says it’s been awhile since they’ve seen one another. They haven’t even spoken in that time. What Gatsby is doing is absolutely pathetic, he’s manipulating her by doing all those things when they get reunited with each other. He is confused on what he wants, he is confusing Daisy too. Daisy has a husband, Tom, and a daughter with Tom. Tom, may have cheated on Daisy but that doesn’t give Gatsby an open door to tear apart a family. Gatsby has this extravagant life and can literally have whoever he wants but he wants someone who is already married and has a