Which sentence about Amy Tan's mother in fish cheeks has the most positive connotation? a. On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.

b. She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns.

c. After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, "You want to be the same as American girls on the outside."

d. For Christmas Eve by ear stretchers and all my favorite foods.

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.