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.

Financial wealth is desirable to the narrator.

Based on this excerpt, the reader can reasonably assume that financial wealth is desirable to the narrator, as it is something he admires. It is clear when he says that the company of millionares is "consoling" that he enjoys being in places where there is a lot of wealth. Moreover, he describes the houses of the rich as "white palaces" and East Egg as "fashionable," all of which have very positive connotations.

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while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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