The great gatsby highlights a. the empty materialism that is damaging american society.
b. the need for a more even distribution of wealth and resources among the population.
c. the belief that there is no country in the world with equal greatness
b? f. scott fitzgerald's decision to write the great gatsby from nick carraway's point of view means that readers
a. are not likely to be interested in the story because nick is the novel's least interesting character.
b. only know what nick tells them and have their opinions shaped by him.
c. have to choose whether or not to believe nick's side of the story or gatsby's side.
c?

1. A. Empty materialism that is damaging the society.

2. C. Have to choose whether or not to believe Nick's side of the story or Gatsby's side.

Explanation:

1. "Great Gatsby" illustrates the intensity of materialism that swept away the American culture and displays the shallowness and futility of the relentless pursuit of material possessions. Fitzgerald emphasizes the damage caused by this materialism has deprived the American society of actual growth.

2. Fitzgerald presents the story through Nick's point of view to illustrate the events more significantly as he is a character too. Yet Fitzgerald has made necessary omissions and contradictions to provide the audience with a scope to decide whether to believe Nick's ideas or not. Thus, this leaves the story open-ended.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.