WILL MARK BRAINLIEST Which detail from “The Stone” would fit best in an essay about the theme that growth and aging are natural and enjoyable parts of life?

“'And the way it looks, so it will stay for ever and ever! I will shrivel from boredom if nothing else!'”

"'Wife, don’t you see what a grand thing’s happened to me? I’m not a minute older than I was yesterday.'"

"'Nonsense,' replied Maibon. 'The season is slow, that’s all.'"

"'Here it is, back again. So it’s a gift meant for me to keep.'”

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