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Is Gatsby a stalker or a romantic?

Look, mate, you're asking the wrong bloody question! Gatsby's not some misunderstood romantic hero - he's a delusional obsessive who can't take no for an answer! The bloke spent FIVE YEARS buying a mansion across the water just to stare at Daisy's house like some creepy voyeur. That's not romance, that's restraining order territory! He throws these ridiculous parties hoping she'll accidentally wander in, builds his entire fake identity around winning her back, and when she finally shows up married with a kid, does he respect that? Hell no! He demands she erase her whole life and pretend the past never happened. Real romance respects boundaries. Gatsby tramples over them like a bulldozer. He's so obsessed with his fantasy version of Daisy that he can't see the actual woman standing in front of him. The "green light" everyone swoons over? That's him literally stalking her from across the bay every night! And let's be honest - if some bloke today bought the house across from your ex, threw massive parties to get your attention, and insisted you leave your spouse because of something that happened five years ago, you'd call the police, not swoon over his devotion. Fitzgerald knew exactly what he was doing - showing how dangerous obsession masquerades as love!

But Fitzgerald seems to indicate that Gatsby is not solely to blame; in fact, the problem is the American dream that created him specifically when focused on materialism. If Gatsby were not American, he might not have been so obsessed with the fantasy version of Daisy.

Right, so now you're making excuses for the stalker because he's a victim of capitalism? Absolute rubbish! Every bloody country has materialistic dreamers, but they don't all turn into obsessive creeps! Look at Europe - we've got plenty of social climbers and gold diggers, but somehow our blokes manage to move on when a woman marries someone else. The French have been chasing impossible romantic ideals for centuries without building shrines to their exes! You're giving Gatsby a pass because "society made him do it" - that's the weakest defense I've ever heard! Plenty of Americans chase wealth and status without becoming delusional stalkers. Tom Buchanan's just as materialistic and American as Gatsby, but he doesn't spend five years pining over some married woman from his past. The American Dream didn't force Gatsby to reinvent himself as "Jay Gatsby" - that was pure narcissistic fantasy. It didn't make him buy that specific house to spy on Daisy. And it certainly didn't make him demand she erase her marriage and child from existence! Fitzgerald's not excusing Gatsby's behavior - he's showing how dangerous it is when people confuse obsession with love, regardless of what country spawned them. Blaming America is just deflecting from the real problem: Gatsby's a selfish, delusional man who can't accept reality. The Dream didn't create his stalker tendencies - it just gave him the money to fund them!