It is difficult to fully prepare for an extended trip to a foreign country, but there are a few things you can do. Learning to speak the language is a great idea if you have time. Learn at least a few words of the language so that you are able to communicate about important matters. Buy a few good maps to help you get around. Read travel books to become familiar with the customs of the country, including customary dress for males and females, customs at meals, and accepted behavior in public places. Read about the area's weather and topography so that you can pack the correct clothing and footwear. Expect surprises and expect to learn many new ways of doing things. Enjoy the rich cultural experience that can only come from this kind of travel ? How i connect this sentence into coherent paragraph

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