Stalking Or Love?

The way people admire the people they love is the same in the present day as it was in the 1920s.

 

In The Great Gatsby, we see Gatbsy doing anything he can do in his control to simply see Daisy. In the present day, many people will also do anything they can to see the people they love. At school, for example, people will change their entire route to their classes to see their crush. Literally only to see them, not even talk, and often not even a smile. They make the six minutes of passing time worth every second, because one second is to pass one special person. Gatsby’s way of getting the person he fancies to notice him is by throwing the big, lavish parties in the city, spending unimaginable amounts of money, and allowing most anyone inside. He does all this just for him to stand around and not enjoy the party. What makes people think that they will be able to go further and in their relationship with their crush by nonchalantly passing by them? Will passing them make them like us more?

Not that I am a scientist or anything, but after being guilty of changing my route around school to see someone and reading how Gatsby threw parties so that Daisy would notice him, I have an idea of why indirectly trying to be near a crush can help spark a relationship. The first phenomenon I believe works is building a greater appeal through familiarity. When person A (victim crush) sees person B (guilty in love) more often, Person A becomes familiarized with person B they walk past every day. They are almost forced to think about them more because they see them so often, and if someone is on someone’s mind more, they appeal to the person more. BOOM- relationship.



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