If you were alive during the late 1700's in Ireland, and you saw children homeless and dying of starvation, mothers prostituting themselves and begging, men selling themselves as

mercenaries or indentured servants, what suggestion or proposal would you make to try to

solve the problem?

Which lines foreshadow macbeths eventual killing of the king

How did the man from "to build a fire" put his life in danger?

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.