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.

Read the following excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." he turned and shut me into the room alone. i had no idea where he'd gone. i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i was in a terrible mental state. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole. which sentence from the excerpt would a prepared speaker best use to support the viewpoint that miep gies was in terrible danger? i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole.