What is nick's response to gatsby's job offer

Gatsby does not actually offer Nick a job, but suggests that he could help him out financially through his vast network of business connections. Nick resents and declines this offer of assistance because he knows Gatsby is only offering to reward him for enabling him to meet with Daisy and for them to use Nick’s little cottage as a  place for further meetings

Explanation:

a is is the correct answer

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.