Douglas Burke

English

23 September, 22:43

Read this excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby:

"About half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a cerain desolate area of land." Where does the story most likely take place?

A.

a borough of New York City

B.

a rural area that's still accessible to New York

C.

in rural upstate New York

D.

in New York City