Preoccupied by his love for Daisy, Gatsby calls off his parties, which were primarily a means to lure Daisy.
Your answer to this question is B. Characters
By putting it as a matter-of-fact statement (assuming everything else was action packed) there is a massive shift that creates contrast in the piece and leaves a very concise point to shock/leave the reader with.
<span>Among. It is depended from the roof. At least in Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death, it is led to believe that it is "the profusion of golden ornaments that lay scattered to and fro or dependent from the roof depended from the roof" or among.</span>