Question

2. When Gatsby is confronting Tom at the hotel, he wants Daisy to say she never loved

Tom. Daisy tells Gatsby, “You want too much." What does Gatsby really want? Does
he want too much? Why can't Gatsby have it?

Answer 1

What Gatsby really wants is for Daisy to be his and leave Tom. It is too much, simply because Gatsby is asking Daisy to leave her husband, and that's not easy to do. He can't have it, because he's asking too much of someone who is so conflicted between two people.