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.