Throughout history, when a major catastrophe occurs, members of the government feel the need to address the people. For example, following 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and several mass shootings in the United States, the leaders addressed the people of this nation. Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Antony addresses the people of Rome. After the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy addresses the United States. In an essay, compare and contrast these two speeches analyzing how each speaker develops his argument using examples from the text and/or the provided articles.

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