Question

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

Answer 1

The literary device Fitzgerald is using in this passage is irony.

Step-by-step explanation:

The literary device Fitzgerald is using in this passage is irony. Irony is when the actual meaning of a situation or statement is different from the expected or intended meaning. In this passage, Tom's ideas about race relations are described as 'uncivilized', which is ironic because he believes himself to be civilized. This helps to highlight the hypocrisy and contradiction in Tom's beliefs.

Answer 2

This answer is A.) Irony.