Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. Th
e 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—finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run. The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.
The inference which can be drawn and made about many East Egg residents according to textual evidence from the passage is; They hide their unattractive qualities beneath beautiful, light, and dreamy appearances.
<h3>What inference can be made about many East Egg residents?</h3>
As evident in the task content, it is required to draw an inference about the many East Egg residents from the text.
The inference drawn and indicated above follows from textual evidence as follows;
The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch......
Answer: The answer is B, instead of building to a violent ending, the author conveys tension by showing characters' efforts to keep their emotions in check.
