Question

"The only completely stationary object in the room was an

enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed
up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in
white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if
they had just been blown back in after a short flight around
the house."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
In the passage, what does the imagery of weightlessness suggest?
A. The room is somebody's temporary home.
B. The women are not steady.
c. The women are very thin.
D. The women are not good friends.

Answer 1

A because things might be getting moved

Answer 2

The room is somebody's temporary home is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

At the beginning of this paragraph, the speaker mentions, literally, that "the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch", meaning that anything or anyone else could be changed. The speakers mentions "two young women" whose dresses where white, and the words the speaker chose to define them or their environment are also related to movement, such as ripple and flutter. Looking at these two words, it is also important to mention that the actions are not controlled by a human power (at least not ripple), which could be understood as a permanent movement from one place to another.