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 ...
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