GATSBY ESSAY

Gatsby's desire for "success" is evidence of a obsession and because of that he is an outlier. Gatsby's idea of success is to finally be with his love Daisy, he is willing to do anything to achieve that "success" he has ambition ,but as we know that can be both good and bad.  First off an example of Gatsby's obsessive behavior is when he buys a mansion  that was as close to Daisy's as possible. He went out of his way to get as close to her even going as far as buying a whole mansion just to be somewhat closer to her which is a weird thing to do(outlier). Another example is when Gatsby fires all of his servants because they were talking rumors about Daisy. This sort of behavior is strange an d caring so much about someone to the pint where you would do something of this caliber is something that someone with an obsession would do. Finally Gatsby based his whole life around Daisy. The whole reason he wanted to become rich was to be a somebody, but not for himself ,but for Daisy because he saw that a nobody will be able to get with her. He based his whole life around her and he doesn't even end up with her in the end. Gatsby is a person who's desire for success reveals it's self as an obsession he is stuck in the past wanting things to be like they used to be with Daisy so Gatsby's desire for success is just an obsession which makes him an outlier.