Read the following passage from the funeral scene at the end of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby:A little before three the Lutheran minister arrived from Flushing, and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars. So did Gatsby's father. . . . The minister glanced several times at his watch, so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour. But it wasn't any use. Nobody came.Which statement most accurately describes the aesthetic impact of the excerpt?A.The author evokes a feeling of suspense by making the group wait for others to arrive.B.The author creates a feeling of emptiness toward wealth and popularity.C.The author links the impatient minister to the godlessness of the wealthy.D.The author uses the cars to represent the corruption of the upper class.

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?

Read the following passage from a drama:CURTIS Whooee! Those kids look like they can just run all day! As long as they can keep playin' with that hose, that's how long I can sit here on the porch and watch 'em.RALPH Yeah, but when we was playing with the hose on a hot day, we use to wonder at those old men rockin' away on the porch. Now we those old men! Ha ha!Which statement most accurately analyzes the aesthetic impact of the excerpt?A.It conveys a sense of lighthearted nostalgia at the simple pleasures in life.B.It uses the porch to symbolize separation between the generations.C.It supports the backstory of Curtis and Ralph growing up together.D.It leaves readers with feelings of sadness at the inevitable passage of time.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby:When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick, she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it—and suddenly I remembered the story about her that had eluded me that night at Daisy's. At her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspapers—a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round. The thing approached the proportions of a scandal—then died away.Which statement provides the best analysis of the symbolism in the passage?A.The car suggests the carelessness and recklessness of the upper class.B.The golf tournament represents the games the wealthy play to get ahead.C.The word "scandal" conveys the abandonment of the American Dream.D.The repetition of the word "lie" echoes the theme of disillusionment.

a Quote from the great Gatsby that portrays setting, characterisation and descriptive language in the novel

How are characters used to represent and discuss key themes within F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'?