Question 11 of 25 • Initial Credit- Common Core English 11 1.0
Read the excerpt from 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. What message do phrases such as “the consoling proximity of millionaires” and “white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered” convey to the reader?
Answer
A
Everyone in East Egg lives in a palace.
B
Financial wealth is desirable to the narrator.
C
The narrator despises people who live in large homes.