Read the following excerpt from the last chapter of The Great Gatsby. 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? O A. 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 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 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. O D. 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.