Saturday, June 21, 2008

Quotation 2

Explain the importance of the following,
"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. It had gone
beyond her, beyond everything." (Nick about Gatsby after he had met with Daisy)

6 comments:

kristeena said...

Reading what Nick had to say about Gatsby's meeting with Daisy, helped understand Gatsby's feelings over the whole ordeal. This part in the book was important because it is the first time where we are displayed to Gatsby's new feelings towards Daisy. The ones that although still awed he is a little disappointed. After all his dreams of meeting Daisy, Gatsby had turned her into a god that he praised non stop. Seeing her in person let his dreams down because she was made human right in front of his eyes.

Young Eui Hong said...

After meeting with Daisy, Gatsby was disappointed because of the truth. Daisy was a completely different person from what Gatsby had originally imagined, or expected. Daisy was so corrupted with money and society itself that Gatsby's dreams had fallen. Gatsby's expectations were too high, making this disilusion even worse. The first impression of Daisy towards Gatsby simply destroyed Gatsby's love

dani.k said...

I really like the way Kristeena put it: "she was made human right in front of his eyes". Gatsby had been idolizing Daisy for such a long time that she had become practically a goddess. As many of us do, he had not fallen in love with Daisy herself, but of the image he'd created of her; of what she stood for.

We are let down by our expectations more often than not. Gatsby, just like a child wishing he'd get a flying horse for Christmas when his parents can barely afford a whistle, was desiring something so vast that no one, not even Daisy had the power to give him. She could no longer measure up to his expectations.

Janique said...

This quote reveals something new about Gatsby and Daisy. I agree with Danica, Gatsby really cherished Daisy and never found fault in her. This made it even harder for Gatsby to see the real Daisy, the new Daisy, after so many years. When Gastby finally sees the real Daisy of course he is disspointed because she comes short of his expectations. I think Gatsby is not the only one that is dissapointed, I think maybe Daisy is probably just as dissapointed because she realized that she has let him down. They have both changed from what they were years before and they have trouble adjusting to the new them.

Maria S. said...

I do not agree with Janique. I do not think Daisy was disappointed because she let Gatsby down. Daisy was just disappointed because her past was getting in the way of her new life and no matter how much she had loved Gatsby she loved Tom and everything was getting too confusing for her. In the end Daisy didn’t know what to do, keep her perfect life that was a little “unperfect” around the edges or throw herself into a new adventure that might not turn out being so great. She was disappointed because she was faced with a dilemma that was ruining the precious image she had about herself.

Unknown said...

I love the analogy Kristeena made between Gatsby’s image of Daisy as a goddess and the real-human Daisy. For many years, Gatsby, not able to be with Daisy, made up a perfect “goddess” image of Daisy which he would look up to and dream about every single day. Of course with no one being perfect, Daisy too wasn’t exactly what Gatsby imagined her to be. Also, the “colossal vitality of his illusion” could represent the obsession Gatsby had built up of Daisy which could, in the end, lead to his demise.