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Read the excerpt. In this scene from Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby are preparing to make a trip into the city.

“I don’t see the idea of going to town,” broke out Tom savagely. “Women get these notions in their heads—"

"Shall we take anything to drink?" called Daisy from an upper window.

"I’ll get some whiskey," answered Tom. He went inside.

Gatsby turned to me rigidly.

"I can’t say anything in this house, old sport."

"She’s got an indiscreet voice," I remarked. “It’s full of—" I hesitated.

"Her voice is full of money," he said suddenly.

That was it. I’d never understood it before it was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it…High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…

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

Both men discover they view Daisy as a symbol of status and privilege, not as a person.

Nick and Gatsby are no longer intrigued by Daisy’s way of speaking but are irritated instead.

Nick and Gatsby are uncomfortable with the prospect of driving to the city with Tom and Daisy.

Both men disapprove of the way that Tom and Daisy communicate with each other.

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