The Great Gatsby Obsession Quotes

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In the “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the novel contains several noticeable, but hidden, themes throughout the chapters that is difficult to comprehend or even often overlooked. The few noticeable themes that was brought to attention, is the inevitable dangers of obsession with another said character, commonly hinted at Gatsby, and the ill-known dishonesty amongst each character's. During the beginning arc of the novel, Chapter 3 first notes the entrance of Gatsby’s overall presence. However, when Nick finally bumps into a mysterious man after hours of wondering around passed, it's revealed that the man is none other than Gatsby himself - to which soon follows a conversation between the two gentleman's. Throughout the conversation, …show more content…

Jay Gatsby is head-over-heels in love with Daisy,hinted in Chapter 5, but Gatsby himself proclaims, in Chapter 7, “‘She never loved ypu, do you hear?’ he cried. “She only married you because I was poor (...) It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!” (Fitzgerald, 137), meanwhile, continuing on in Chapter 7, Daisy and Gatsby reconciles and slowly began to accept their true emotions for each other and then fell in love together again. Unfortunately, in the midst of all what has been playing out, towards the previous of the last chapter, Tom Buchanan, ironically, stumbles upon the news between the two and speaks with great outrage, “‘An Oxford man!’, He was incredulous. “Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit” (Fitzgerald, 129). Further ahead in the story, between the two gentlemen's, they both vocally point out that the other party doesn’t deserve Daisy and vice-versa; Tom is mostly angry at the fact that Daisy is cheating on him with Gatsby, but greatly despises Gatsby, who in turn, doesn’t seem so keen with Tom either because he’s stealing his love for Daisy and Tom’s marriage to Daisy