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English, 30.10.2021 14:00 msdsh03

Read the excerpt. In this scene from Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby, Nick has been pressured to join Tom and Myrtle at their apartment in New York City for a party.

Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches which were a complete supper in themselves. I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight, but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild, strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair. Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

What is the effect of the word choice in the scene?

It shows that although he feels out of place at first, Nick eventually comes to enjoy the attention he receives from other party guests.

It contrasts Nick’s perceptions of what is happening at the party with those observing the scene from outside.

It emphasizes Nick’s opposing feelings of disgust and fascination with the people and places around him.

It reveals Nick’s extreme discomfort interacting with people from different social classes.

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