Question

excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald chapter 1 in my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that i’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. \whenever you feel like criticizing any one,\ he told me, \just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.\ he didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and i understood that he meant a great deal more than that. in consequence, i’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. the abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college i was unjustly accused of being a politician, because i was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. most of the confidences were unsought—frequently i have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when i realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate... 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 options: nick will experience a series of financial pitfalls as the story unfolds; the story will be presented from a number of differing perspectives; the main character feels comfortable in all social situations; the story’s conflict will be based on wealth and appearances

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the contrast between East Egg (fashionable, with "white palaces") and West Egg (where Nick's "eyesore" house is, but with proximity to millionaires). The contrast of wealth (East Egg's palaces vs West Egg's more modest homes but proximity to wealth) and appearances (East Egg's fashionable look vs West Egg's mix) suggests the story's conflict will center on wealth and appearances. Other options: Nick's financial pitfalls aren't suggested by the East - West contrast; the story is from Nick's perspective (first - person), not multiple; Nick isn't shown comfortable in all social situations (he has a reserved habit).

Answer:

the story's conflict will be based on wealth and appearances