Question

Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby.

“But we heard it,” insisted Daisy, surprising me by opening up again in a flower-like way. “We heard it from three people, so it must be true.”

Of course I knew what they were referring to, but I wasn’t even vaguely engaged. The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East. You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors, and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage.

Daisy’s insistence that the rumor of Nick’s engagement is true despite his denial suggests a conflict between
East Egg and West Egg.
the upper class and the middle class.
Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan.
rumor and reality.

Answer 1

rumor and reality.

Daisy trusts hearsay ("We heard it from three people, so it must be true") despite Nick's explicit denial, highlighting the tension between gossip/appearances and the actual truth.