In this novel, Gatsby shows a series of mixed emotions towards Daisy. Some of the emotions he portrays are obsession, desperation and love. The author, F.Scott Fitzgerald, portrays Gatsby like this because he too can relate to him. What Gatsby goes through in the book, is what Fitzgerald went through in real life, but Fitzgerald’s background was slightly different from Gatsby’s. Gatsby has an obsession with Daisy. To show why, he talks about her all the time (out of the blue), he throws parties hoping she’d show up to at least one of them and to top it off, he moved across the bay from her mansion, so now Gatsby’s and Daisy’s mansion are across from each other. “It was a coincidence”, “But it wasn’t”, “Why not?”, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” A conversation between Nick and Jordan on why Gatsby moved across the bay from Daisy. Gatsby also threw extravagant parties in hopes Daisy would make an appearance, “I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties some night, but she never did”, a quote from Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend. …show more content…
He wants her all to himself, he’s selfish. “...He wants to know… if you’ll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over’” At that moment, Gatsby is desperate to meet Daisy. He shows up earlier than expected and is mad because Daisy is not at Nick’s house, but she shows up right on time (the time she was being expected). When she arrives, Gatsby literally disappears and comes knocking at Nick’s door as if he wasn’t there. Later on in the book, Daisy and Gatsby profess their love for each other. He wants Daisy to leave Tom and come live with him, so he can cherish her forever and show her love she deserves. But, Daisy refuses to leave Tom because she loves him too, I mean who was there when Gatsby wasn’t, uh