The Great Gatsby

Chapter 5: Toward the end of the chapter, Nick attempts to explain "the expression of bewilderment that had come back into Gatsby's face." What explanation does Nick give? why, in his opinion, is Daisy not at fault?

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As I went over to say good-by I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. 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. 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.

In Nick's opinion, Daisy is not at fault because Gatsby's illusion was his own, and the illusion he had created was far larger than the reality...... no one could have lived up to his dream.

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The Great Gatsby