I would say pessimist. In "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby never ends up getting Daisy. He loved her, but all of his efforts were wasted. She never loved him back. I hope this helps!
'can take' would be the verb phrase since it includes the verb and the helping verb.
Answer: the correct answer is D) Will thought about what his father had been trying to teach him, put down his controller, and pushed a button he never before had wanted to press: OFF.
D. has closed , there is no object
