XA "The only completely stationary object in the room was an
enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed
up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in
white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if
they had just been blown back in after a short flight around
the house."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Which aspect of the women is most affected by the imagery of
weightlessness?
A. Their sense of home
B. Their beauty
C. Their intelligence
O D. Their steadiness