Question

Read the excerpt from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

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.

Explanation: Fitzgerald’s description contrasts the glittering “white palaces of fashionable East Egg” with Nick’s modest, overlooked house in West Egg, signaling a division based on money, status, and outward show—setting up social and appearance-based conflict.