At the end of the text, Jacobs writes about a woman who begged her to get her a newspaper. Why does
Jacobs likely include this story in the text?
A To demonstrate the conflicting and often
incorrect information received by slaves
B To condemn the illiteracy and lack of education
enforced by slaveholders
C To correct the woman who thought America had
a queen
D To bemoan the lack of available newspapers and
literature in the South

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.