The distinctive feature about the ash-dump depicted in The Great

The distinctive feature about the ash-dump depicted in The Great Gatsby is an oculist's faded billboard with a pair of great staring eyes behind yellow spectacles, symbolic of （ ）.
A、an obscenely futile world
B、a bright future of the protagonist of the novel
C、a world of hope
D、a world of love and peace
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：本题考查的是菲茨杰拉德《了不起的盖茨比》的作品情节特点。The Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》(1925)是20世纪美国作家菲茨杰拉德的杰作，展示了大萧条时期美国上层社会“荒原时代”的精神面。其中描述的垃圾场的独特之处在于，它是一个眼科医生褪色的广告牌，黄色的眼镜后面有一双瞪着眼睛的大眼睛，象征着一个邪恶而无用的世界。