Like Christmas Morning

In Fitzgerlad's The Great Gatsby, the title character has undergone several big changes in the last couple of chapters.  He has gone from what seemed to be a lonely man at the top of the social ladder to a man simply looking for companionship.  The reader finally sees him even be nervous when he spends time with Daisy, the girl he has been in love with for awhile.  Yet this large lapse in time between his initial feelings and his actual interaction has caused a slight amount of awkwardness.  Something extremely common is the "Christmas Morning Feeling", or getting so excited for something that it can't possibly live up to the unrealistic expectations.  Gatsby suffers from this when he first meets Daisy again.  The conversations are awkward and contain very long pauses.  The conversation is exemplified when Nick "had them both on their feet with the desperate suggestion that they help [him] make tea in the kitchen..." (Fitzgerald, 87).  All parties were aware of this disappointment and were unable to fight it.  Until suddenly Gatsby found his comfort, and immediately took control of the scene.  With Nick stepping out and leaving the two alone, Gatsby was able to kill the awkwardness and deeply engage Daisy in conversation.  Though this ended well, nearly every person can claim to have been disappointed at some point or another due to their unrealistic expectations, which wound up making the scene worse.