Which of the following quotes illustrates the irony of gatsby's funeral? which part of the great gatsby is the best example of irony? a. "it was all in the chicago newspaper. i started right away." b. "why , my god! they used to go there by the hundreds." c. i called up daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. d. " jimmy always liked it better down east".