In franz kafka's the metamorphosis, gregor's sister, grete, asks their mother to her remove furniture from gregor's bedroom so he will have more room to move around. however, gregor's mother refuses to do so. why doesn't she want to remove the furniture from his room? a. she feels that her husband would disapprove. b. she believes gregor will need the furniture when he becomes human again. c. she merely wants to oppose her daughter's idea. d. she suffers from asthma and doesn't want to exert herself.

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