Read this passage from "beethoven's moonlight sonata":
"a pale young man was sitting by the table, making shoes, and near him, leaning sorrowfully upon an old-fashioned fortepiano, sat a young girl, with a profusion of light hair falling over her face. both were cleanly but very poorly dressed, and both started and turned toward us as we entered."
why does the author of this story give so much description of these people?
a.
to capture the loveliness of their relationship with one another
b.
to capture their humble circumstances and their quiet dignity
c.
to capture the intensity of beethoven's passion for their music
d.
to capture the great contrast between their appearances and behaviors

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.