Obsession

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 * 1) Where can the Fitzgerald quotation be found? How does obsession figure as a theme in //The Great Gatsby//? Who is obsessed with whom? What is compelling about the object of desire, whether it be Daisy, Gatsby, or Myrtle? Why is obsession so easily commercialized?


 * Spain10:** **I can't find the quote, but anyway. There's a prevelant obsession figure in Gatsby, and the theme streams throughout the relationships in the book. Although its not the relationships themselves that cause the obsessions; Gatsby is more obsessed with getting rich to get to Daisy, and Myrtle is obsessed with social-climbing through Tom. Desire is a deadly sin, and the context of the era is one of immoral behaviours, so it is clear that this is what compels the characters to desire people and possessions. Perhaps that's why obsession is so easily commercialized. **


 * 1) What other aspects of the book could be or already are commercialized? How are material things such as cars, clothes, houses, and even bodies described in the book?


 * SarahJane94: The idea of falsehoods is also commercialized in terms of Tom's cheating on Daisy and Jordan's cheating and lying in Golf and the way Nick reacts to these situations.**
 * Materials thing are described in the books as mere possessions to Gatsby. He doesn't appear to have a personal use for them in my opinion, they are simply there as a means to attain Daisy.**
 * Most Material things seem to be gathered by Gatsby, however, Daisy is also obsessed with materialistic things seen when she cries over Gatsby's shirts.**
 * "//Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.//**
 * //'They're such beautiful shirts,' she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. 'It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before.' "//**

Well done, Jess.