Well, if you want to get your purpose. You have to be smart.
Is this still true at the end?- I think this could be answered either way.
I think that Nick hates the way money makes people act and that the rest of the characters are so caught up in this that it causes the outcome (or tragedy) at the end of the book.
I think that the answer should be d. Believe it or not Joe, it is time for us to leave.