"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 variety of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart" (95-96)
That last line is probably my favorite line in the book that we have read so far. There is something about it that just seems so sum up Gatsby's life. He has constantly worked on making his house better and bigger all in hope that Daisy will one day wander into one of his parties and see everything he has accomplished. That line talks about how nothing can challenge the dreams Gatsby holds in his heart for him and Daisy to be together.
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Yes I would agree with you Julia. Another question that could arise after reading the last sentence is all of Gatsby's ambition for wealth be because of his love for Daisy? Does Gatsby feel more accomplished by the positive reactions of other people or is it an internal drive that gives him motivation? My prediction is that something must have happened during WWI that caused all of his strange actions because he also said that he lost a lot of his inherited money then.
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