The answer is B. The sun is setting later nowadays.
Nick is taken aback by Toms casual racism while Daisy tries hard to a line her views with his own
He used figures of speech that directly compared all the happenings of the event with the elements of nature.
For example, he compared the speed of the fired bullets with the flight of birds in air, he also compared its sound to that of the wind that blows trees in winter. These comparisons are done using simile.
This rhetoric emphasizes the relationship man has with nature that he cannot disconnect from.