"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" (Fitzgerald 95).
Gatsby has been imagining his meeting with Daisy again for the last five years. Throughout those five years, he had been developing a fantasy as to how things would play out after they saw each other again. He had anticipated their reunification to be simple, without awkwardness. However, he did not realize that people can change over time. Daisy may have become someone he does not want to be with anymore. She could fall short of his expectations, but only because she does not think or act the same way she used to. Gatsby's illusion of Daisy may have set her up for failure to meet his expectations because she may no longer have the same feelings for him.
Katie-Nice job of exploring the moment when Gatsby and Daisy reunite in terms of what Gatsby anticipates the reunion to be like.
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