18. What purpose does the following description serve in the novel:
"...where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land... Twent
miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a
courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water...I lived at West Egg,
the-well, the less fashionable of the two,...Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of
fashionable East Egg glittered along the water,..."
A. this establishes the differences between Gatsby and Tom
B. this describes Nick's financial condition
C., this is merely an example of Fitzgerald's masterful use of descriptions
D. all of the above