The boy bent over her and stared at the long pink-gold hair and the half-shut sleeping eyes. then he looked up and
stared at mr. shiftlet." wylooks like an angel of gawd," he murmured.
"hitch-hiker," mr. shiftlet explained. "i can't wait. i got to make tuscaloosa."
the boy bent over again and very carefully touched his finger to a strand of the golden hair and mr. shiftlet left.
which statement most accurately represents the excerpt's larger idea?
getting what you want may not make you happy.
beauty and truth appear in unexpected places.
social isolation may lead people to act immorally.
you may not get everything that you have bargained for.

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.