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Read the excerpt from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.

What does this description about Gatsby’s house reveal about his character?
He loves his house and has put a lot of time and money into its construction.
He is a man of impeccable taste who aspires to have the finest house in West Egg.
He comes from inherited money, and his house is a clear reflection of this.
He is newly wealthy individual who aspires to project a false image of himself.

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He is a newly wealthy individual who aspires to project a false image of himself.

The passage emphasizes imitation ("factual imitation"), ostentation (marble pool, forty acres), and newness ("spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy")—all signals of "new money" trying to appear established and grand.