Examples Of Obsession In The Great Gatsby

“She never loved you, do you hear? She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me!” (Fitzgerald 130).
Blinding Lust In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is apparently in love with Daisy Buchanan; however, this seems to be a misconception. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the themes of love, lust and obsession, through the character Jay Gatsby, who confuses lust and obsession with love.
Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan have just gotten into the suite at the Plaza Hotel. As the group converses, Tom begins to interrogate Gatsby as to try to find some kind of flaw in his character, first asking about his use of the phrase “old sport”, and
He tells Tom that Daisy has never loved him and that Daisy has truly only ever loved him, Gatsby. The idea that Daisy has never loved Tom gives Gatsby hope, and it is that which has fueled Gatsby’s determinism to win Daisy back. Gatsby wants nothing more than for Daisy to tell Tom that she has never loved him. In doing so she would both satisfy Gatsby’s dream that has become more of an obsession, as well as terminate the one thing, in Gatsby’s eyes, that is keeping him and Daisy apart now that he has made his fortune and situated himself as a member of the upper class. Gatsby believes that Daisy only married Tom for his money as he states, “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me.” It is this belief that has been Gatsby’s driving motivation for acquiring all his money. Gatsby knew that Daisy was a material woman and that she was used to living a lavish life, and that if she married him, she would have to give up many of the luxuries that she had become accustomed to over the years. Gatsby's entire effort is focused on trying to rekindle the relationship with Daisy that existed at the point of time before he joined the army, except that this time he has enough money for