Read the paragraph below. soon after the moving truck departed, i made way next door to greet the new neighbors. a boy was playing in th yard, and i greeted him and introduced myself. in response, the boy ducked his head and mumbled an inaudible reply. though he smiled, he quickly retreated toward his mother on the porch. when i said, "welcome to the neighborhood,” his cheeks turned pink, and he disappeared through the open front door. what inference can be drawn about the boy

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