Napoleon, the writter of this letter, can be seen as an obsessional. I argue that he was not one for the simple fact the word obsession means a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling. The keyword in this definition is unreasonable. The reason Napoleon showed so much emotion and anger in this letter is that he is fighting in a war while his wife, Josephine, is back at home not writing to him to at least show that she misses or love him. And when she does write to him, according to the letter, Josephine titled him "vous," the formal wat to say "you." Napoleon felt disrespected because it created distance between them, he preferred to be called by "tu," the informal way. Thus by being called "vous" he didn't feel like a husband, he felt no love from her. Napoleon is not obsessed with her, instead he wants to know the reason why Josephine had a change of heart towards him.
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