Insanity In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is crazy due to his love obsession over Daisy. Throughout the book Gatsby has been a mysterious rich guy that no one knows anything besides rumors regarding him. No one knows why he lives there, why he is throwing all the parties, and how he makes all of his money. As Nick and Gatsby create a friendship Gatsby begins to trust Nick and lays the truth on him. This leads to Gatsby admitting his love towards Daisy while talking with Nick. which lead to Nick reintroducing Daisy to Gatsby which is when Gatsby let more of the truth out. Once Daisy and Gatsby met again Gatsby decides he wants to show off his house and belongs to Daisy and invites her over. When Gatsby is showing some of his collections to Daisy he says, “‘Look at this,’ said

F. Scott Fitzegerald shares to the reader something that would make them feel uncomfortable to show the craziness that Gatsby has gone to for Daisy. A normal person does not collect photos of someone that they are secretly in love with and Fitzegerald knows this which is why he adds it. This makes the reader now rethink what they had thought of Gatsby as just a mysterious character now making them think of him as a crazy stalker obsessed with Diasy. As the reader further understands Gatsbys crazy love the author shows them the extent in which Gatsby will go regarding Daisy and the accident resulting in Myrtles death. After the accident Nick talks to Gatsby to futher understand the incident in which Nick asks Gatsby, “‘Was Daisy driving?’” to which Gatsby replies with, “‘Yes,’ he said after a moment, ‘but of course, I'll say I was’” (143). This shows the reader how far Gatsby is willing to go for Daisy. Not only is he just trying to protect her from trouble, hes protecting her from a murder charge. Which is showing that Gatsby has gone extremly crazy for Daisy and is now willing to do whatever it takes for him to not lose her