“In a dream, the mind will invent a character; in life, the heart will invent a dream.” This quote speaks to the fact that dreams, though they may find their roots in reality, generally make the leap into the world of the fantastic. Gatsby, in love with Daisy, or perhaps more accurately, the idea that Daisy represented, became so intellectually infatuated with her that he idealizes her. As a consequence of the deferred realization of his dream, he begins to imbibe his perception of Daisy with fanciful properties. When Gatsby finally met Daisy and the beginning of his dreams began to materialize, “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