Read the excerpt from fitzgerald’s 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.
the contrast created between east egg and west egg suggests that
the main character feels comfortable in all social situations.
nick will experience a series of financial pitfalls as the story unfolds.
the story’s conflict will be based on wealth and appearances.
the story will be presented from a number of differing perspectives.