Chapter 1

Select a passage the describes the setting.

A: " I lived at West Egg, the - well, the less fashionable of the two, though this a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. My house was at the very tip of the egg., only fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season. The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard - it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thing beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's Mansion..."

This passage contributes to my interpretation of the work as a whole because it describes the setting in which the main character lives. He lives in a decent house but right next to him is a big mansion. The author makes it seem as if the main character's house is nothing compared to the mansion making him seem smaller. We can tell by the narration and description that Nick is not as rich as the others that surround him. He is well off but does not flaunt everything he has like everyone else around him. We can infer that he is a polite and modest man.