Jacob stumbled I to the kitchen table and let the steamy sweat smell of cinnamon sugar oatmeal feel this sense. Mom sat quietly at the other end of the table drinking a cup of coffee. From her silence he knew that she expected an apology. Last night they had discussion his lack of effort to complete his short story for English class English was his least favorite subject but writing was a talent that came easy to him. His mom glassed up to him and Scratchy new that if she waited patiently for Jacob apology and he did

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile