Which is the best thesis for an essay about how greg changes from the beginning of “the treasure of lemon brown” to the end? greg gets along better with his father at the end of the story after he realizes that playing basketball is not nearly as important as doing well in school. at the beginning of the story, greg and his father do not get along. then greg talks to lemon brown and becomes more respectful of his father. at the end of the story, greg appreciates his father in a way that he did not before. this change is likely a result of his fight with the thugs. the resentment that greg feels for his father at the beginning of the story is replaced with appreciation after he realizes how important their relationship is.

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?