Read the excerpts from “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry. Identify each excerpt as supporting one of these themes: “people can change for the better” or “people are not able to change themselves.” “Brace up, and make a man of
yourself. You're not a bad
fellow at heart. Stop cracking
safes, and live straight.”
“That's Dandy Jim Valentine's
autograph. He's resumed business.”
Jimmy Valentine looked into
her eyes, forgot what he was,
and became another man.
“It's the only life, Billy—the
straight one. I wouldn't touch
a dollar of another man's money
now for a million.”
"Going to marry the banker's
daughter are you, Jimmy?"
said Ben to himself, softly.
"Well, I don't know!"
"Guess you're mistaken,
Mr. Spencer," he said. "Don't
believe I recognize you. Your
buggy's waiting for you, ain't it?"
change themselves.​

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