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.
Answer
E
Everyone in East Egg lives in a palace.
F
Financial wealth is desirable to the narrator.
T
The narrator despises people who live in large homes.
F
Financial wealth has no relevance in this novel.
Explanation
The narrator calls living near millionaires “consoling,” suggesting that being close to wealth appeals to him even though his own house is modest. The passage therefore supports the idea that financial wealth is desirable to the narrator. It does not say that everyone in East Egg lives in a palace.
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