Question

My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor's lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month.

Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there.

The contrast created between East Egg and West Egg suggests that
the main character feels comfortable in all social situations.
Nick will experience a series of financial pitfalls as the story unfolds.
the story’s conflict will be based on wealth and appearances.
the story will be presented from a number of differing perspectives.

Answer 1

the story’s conflict will be based on wealth and appearances.

The narrator contrasts the “white palaces of fashionable East Egg” with his own “small eyesore” and emphasizes proximity to “millionaires,” signaling social and economic differences that set up tensions about money, class, and outward appearance.