Read the excerpt from the great gatsby. it was a matter of chance that i should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in north america. it was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of new york—and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land. which words from the passage are most indicative of the types of people the narrator will encounter in the novel?

strangest , slender , riotous ,unusual

Explanation:

The narrator has a feeling he will meet funny -strange- people. They all will look upper-class and elegant -slender- but their attitude and behaviour will be disruptive and quarelsome  -riotous. So, the characters will behave in an unusual way. In spite of the fact, they will have all they wish for - the American Dream-, they will be unhappy .Fitzgerald, the author, criticises this American Dream. This is the reason why the narrator will meet people who are apparently happy but they, in fact, they are not. This is what makes the setting mostly strange and violent.

“Strangest and unusual”

Further Explanation:

The Great Gatsby was written by American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel includes the cast of the characters who are living in fictional towns named West Egg and East Egg on the long Islands during the period of the mid-1920s. The lead of the story is Jay Gatsby who is a mysterious millionaire and who is obsessed with the beautiful and former debutante Daisy Buchanan.  

Great Gatsby explores the concepts of Idealism, Resistance to change the Social excess and upheaval and it is generally a tale which describes and the American dream. During its release, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and only a few of its books were sold initially. But this novel gained immense popularity during world war 2. The given excerpt in the question from the Great Gatsby tells about the kinds of people who the narrator will encounter in this novel and those will be some of the Strangest and unusual kinds of people.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: The Great Gatsby

Subject: English

Keywords: The Great Gatsby, Beautiful, Obsessed, Daisy Buchanan, West Egg, East Egg, Islands, S. Scott Fitzgerald, millionaire, Jay Gatsby.