Almost Five Years! There Must Have Been Moments Even That Afternoon When Daisy Tumbled Short Of His Dreams- not Through Her Own Fault - But Because Of The Colossal Vitality Of His Illusion.

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1. Almost Five Years! There Must Have Been Moments Even That Afternoon When Daisy Tumbled Short Of His Dreams- not Through Her Own Fault - But Because Of The Colossal Vitality Of His Illusion.

Nick Reveals Gatsby's Perfectionism That Ultimately Contributed Towards His Downfall. The Quote Exemplifies Gatsby's Uncontrollable Desire To Repeat And Remodel The Past. Simply Stealing A Man's Wife - Albeit A Despicable Man's Wife - Isn't Enough For Gatsby. He Wants To Pretend The Previous Four Years Never Existed.
Nick Suggest's That After All Gatsby's Hopeless Dreams - His Perfection And Desire To Repeat The Past Was Not What Actually Lead To His Ultimate Downfall. But He Was In Fact Prey To The "Foul Dust - " The "Foul Dust That Floated In The Wake Of His Dreams." The Words "Floated" And "Wake" Make The Reader Visualise How His "Incorruptible Dream" That Was Filled With Hope And Love Crumbled Particle By Particle Into Into This "Foul Dust" That Is Left In The Aftermath. This Dust That Caused His Downfall Is A Metaphor For Class And The Elitism Of The Established Rich (Highlight On Tom Buchanan.) In The End - It Was Never Gatsby's Fault That He Was In A Class That Will Never Acheive The Status And Respect Of The 'established Rich;' It Was Never Gatsby's Fault - That Tom (And Much Of His Class) Were Elitists. Gatsby Despite All His Criminal Activity And Bootlegging Turned Out All Right In The End - As He Had Something They Didn't - He Had "The Fundamental Decencies" That So Many People Lacked.
When Nick See's Gatsby And Daisy Back Together A Sudden Negative Idea That He Notices Runs Through His Head- "(Attach Quote.)" The Idea Of Daisy And The Feels Of Fresh Love At First Has Been Captivating Gatsby All These Years - So Much That He Has Devoted His Life And Soul For This Woman. All This Time Gatsby Spent Without Her Had Led Him To Create And Exetremly Idealsied Illusion Of Perfection And "Colossal Vitality" In Gatsby's Mind. However His Dream Of Being With The Woman He Loves Becomes So Idealised And Glorified That Daisy No Matter How Adequate Of A Woman Can Not Live Up To The Expectations That Gatsby Has Set Out For Her. These Expectations Had Founded And Built Upon Ever Since Gatsby Slept With Her Five Years Ago.
Because Of The Expectations Gatsby Has Set For Her During The Long Years Of Separation - Daisy Has Become A Symbol Of Happiness And Love For Him. He Could Not Bear The Notion That Who He Considers To Be His Divine And Only Love Has Affection For Someone Else. This Realization Nearly Destroys His Conception Of Love For The Past Five Years As He Murmurs Almost Subconsciously And Grasps Desperately To The Last Straw Of Hope By Repeating The Question - "You Loved Me Too?" This Is His Last Ditch Effort To Force Himself To Believe It Can't Be True.The Notion That Daisy Could Potentially Love Another Man Is Actually Killing Gatsby. The Consequences Of Daisy Possibly Loving Someone Else In Any Moment Of Time Ruins Gatsby's Perfected Fantasy.

Almost Five Years! There Must Have Been Moments Even That Afternoon When Daisy Tumbled Short Of His Dreams- not Through Her Own Fault - But Because Of The Colossal Vitality Of His Illusion.

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