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Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby:

About five o'clock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate—first a motor hearse, horribly black and wet, then Mr. Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine, and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg, in Gatsby's station wagon, all wet to the skin.

Based on this excerpt, which best explains the irony of the title The Great Gatsby?
A. One expects more than a few people to attend the funeral of a great man. B. It is unexpected for the hero and central character in the novel to die at the end.
C. The weather on the day of Gatsby's funeral matches the sadness of the occasion.
D. The rain symbolizes a weeping world and attests to Gatsby's true greatness.

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browningelijah
its A (apex) i got it right 
MrsTate

A. One expects more than a few people to attend the funeral of a great man.


In the excerpt there are only three cars in the funeral procession. This is a very low number considering the title describes Gatsby as great. When one looks even further at who is in the cars, it is obvious that Gatsby was not as great as his lavish parties and lifestyle made him seem.

While the other options are likely to be true statements, except for D as that is a bit of a stretch, they do not support the title as being ironic. Irony, in this sense, is sarcasm. It's when something stated is actually the opposite.

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