Read the following passage. the courthouse expansion project cost taxpayers more than $2 million to add just six new courtrooms. two of the new rooms are not even being used, due to unfinished electrical work. additionally, the construction was a major inconvenience for three long years. any person who had to visit the courthouse had to deal with loud noises, lots of dust, and detours throughout the building. what is the author’s viewpoint?
a. positive
b. negative
c. neutral

In what way is the narrator most clearly a monster? a. he has no reason to be bitter but he is. b. he doesn't need to hurt animals but he does. c. he ha no reason to be mean but he is. d. he doesn't need to feel ashamed but he does.

Plsss don’t worry about the green strip can someone plssssss

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?