Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby.I 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.The phrase, “I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two” reveals
Answer
A
the narrator’s upper-middle-class, socioeconomic standing.
B
the narrator’s awareness of social judgments and their central role in the novel.
C
the narrator’s deep desire to fit in and be friends with the fashionable crowd.
D
the narrator’s insecurities as he befriends a new group of individuals.
Explanation
Calling West Egg “the less fashionable” of the two shows that the narrator recognizes how people judge places and the people who live in them by social status. His qualification that this label is “superficial” also points to the novel’s attention to social judgments and the contrast between the two communities. The passage does not establish his desire to join the fashionable crowd.
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