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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?



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The excerpt from the last chapter of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald reflects a poignant and critical tone towards the East, highlighting a sense of disillusionment and the realization of the East's superficiality and corruption. The statement that most accurately analyzes the aesthetic impact of the excerpt would be:

The excerpt conveys a sense of disillusionment and criticism towards the East's allure, depicting it as both captivating and distorted, ultimately suggesting a contrast between the idealized perception of the East and its underlying flaws.

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