Which excerpt from “The Gift of the Magi” presents the reader with the initial conflict of the story? Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.
She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far.

Which statement best describe the objective of " "how to grow a school garden”?

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat

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.