Question

Read the following passage from the end of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Dimly I heard some one murmur "Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on," and then the owl-eyed man said "Amen to that," in a brave voice. We straggled down quickly through the rain to the cars. Owl-eyes spoke to me by the gate. "I couldn't get to the house," he remarked. "Neither could anybody else." "Go on!" He started. "Why, my God! they used to go there by the hundreds." Which statement most accurately describes the aesthetic impact of the excerpt? A. The author evokes confusion about why no one could get to Gatsby's house. B. The author evokes sadness at the superficiality of Gatsby's friendships. C. The author uses the house to represent the lies that Gatsby made up about his life. D. The author expresses disappointment that the rain is ruining Gatsby's funeral.

Answer 1

B. The author evokes sadness at the superficiality of Gatsby's friendships.

Answer 2

The answer is:

B. The author evokes sadness at the superficiality of Gatsby's friendships.

In "The Great Gatsby," the author Francis Scott Fitzgerald directs attention to the few friends who attended Gatsby's funeral. In that matter, he gloomily reflects on the fact that Jay used to invite a large amount of people to his prodigious parties at his mansion. However, those frivolous guests who pretended to be his friends do not show up at his burial.