even when the east excited me most, even when i was
most keenly aware of its superiority to the bored,
sprawling, swollen towns beyond the ohio, with their
interminable inquisitions which spared only the children
and the very old-even then it had always for me a quality
of distortion.
which statement most accurately analyzes the aesthetic impact of the
excerpt?
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a. by summing up the novel's theme of the emptiness of the
american dream, the author leaves the reader feeling nick's sense
of disappointment
o
b. by reinforcing the objectivity that nick had in the opening pages of
the novel, the author leaves the reader feeling satisfied with the
novel's conclusion.
o
c. by contrasting the east's liberalism with the midwest's social
conservatism, the author comments further on the theme of the
shallowness of the wealthy.
o
d. by showing nick's detachment from the society of east egg and
west egg, the author leaves the reader feeling hopeful that he will
return home to ohio.