The Great Gatsby
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Identify key point description of setting/symbol about Buchanan's house on page 9.
Identify key point description of setting/symbol about Buchanan's house on page 9.
Tom Buchanan's house represents unchecked opulence and greed. It is imposing and intimidating, just like Tom:
Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens.