I felt approaching footsteps. I stretched out my hand as I supposed to my mother. Someone took it, and I was
caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come
to reveal all things to me, and, more than all things else, to
love me.
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Which word from the passage provides a clue to the type of narration being
used?
A. mother
B. me
C. someone
D. love

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.