"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
in the passage, what does the imagery of weightlessness suggest?
a. the room is somebody's temporary home.
b. the women are not steady.
c. the women are very thin.
d. the women are not good friends.

The room is somebody's temporary home is the correct answer.

Explanation:

At the beginning of this paragraph, the speaker mentions, literally, that "the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch", meaning that anything or anyone else could be changed. The speakers mentions "two young women" whose dresses where white, and the words the speaker chose to define them or their environment are also related to movement, such as ripple and flutter. Looking at these two words, it is also important to mention that the actions are not controlled by a human power (at least not ripple), which could be understood as a permanent movement from one place to another.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel