...I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby's house,making the night fine as before,and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors,endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.
A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.
B.The passage describes the end of an event. What is it?
C.What implied meaning can you get after reading this passage?
A.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
B.It is a description of the end of a big party.
C.The passage hints at the meaninglessness, spiritual emptiness and vanity of such a pleasure-seeking life. There is a tragic sense.(P597)
