Read the excerpt from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
31 lived at West Egg, the well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express
the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.. . . 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 |
drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans.
Based on these descriptions, what inference can be made about the difference between West Egg and East Egg?
O The wealthy residents of East Egg hide their unattractive qualities beneath light and dreamy appearances.
O of Because the residents of West Egg have only recently earned their money, they are more sophisticated.
• West Egg is less fashionable because its residents have much less money than the residents of East Egg.
• The residents of West Egg and East Egg are noticeably different from one another, but they often socialize
together.