What led Harburg to write the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
the biggest bread line in New York City, which was owned and operated by William Randolph Hearst
the realization that the prosperity of the past was completely gone and very unlikely to return
the able-bodied men he saw begging for money and standing in bread lines in the streets of New York
the request President Roosevelt made to Harburg for a catchy and poignant campaign song

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.