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.

From the excerpt that we have here the conclusion that came be made is that :

According to the speaker, he would constantly throw a glance at the millionaires as he moved. He saw his eye as an ugly place to stay.

He is full of praises on how the rich areas looked. This goes to show that he values financial wealth.

This is about a man Nick who found himself living in a very rich neighborhood and how he tries to get himself acquainted with them.

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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?

Everyone in East Egg lives in a palace.

Financial wealth is desirable to the narrator.

The narrator despises people who live in large homes.

Financial wealth has no relevance in this novel.

B. Financial Wealth is desirable to the narrator

Explanation:

The narrator shows that he lives in a humble and economically weak place, so much so that he refers to his own home as a monstrosity. However, when the author sees the rich part of the city that he can see from his house, he uses positive adjectives, which show that wealth is totally admirable and that he wants to have that wealth and not only admire it, but live it. For this reason, he uses the phrases: "the consoling proximity of millionaires" and "white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered"

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