PLEASE HURRY IM TIMED Which sentence is most negative?

The methods of communication of the 1800s were much worse than they are today.
People today have a much easier time communicating with each other than they did in the 1800s.
Today, people communicate with faraway friends and family through the convenience of their phones or computers.
While people today rely on phones and e-mail, in the 1800s, many people sent carefully handwritten letters to their distant loved ones.

Answer the question find a book and find the answer to this question

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

Which sentence uses whether correctly