In this lesson, you will discover how readers can explore different perspectives by analyzing a writer’s use of the third-person omniscient point of view. Once you have completed this lesson, write a journal entry as though you were either Tom or Aunt Polly. Write a one-paragraph description of the other character, through the eyes of your chosen perspective. Include your ideas about the other character’s personality and actions in the scene below. You can also comment on the relationship between the two characters. Your paragraph should have correct spelling and grammar, and should be about 150 words in length.

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