Read the excerpt. from out, out- by robert frost the doctor put him in the dark of ether. he lay in puffed his lips out with his breath. and then-the watcher at his pulse took fright. no one believed. they listened at his heart. little-less-nothing! -and that ended it. no more to build on there. and they, since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs. what can the reader conclude from these lines? a. the family asked the doctor to put an end to the boy's suffering. b. the family cannot take time for their chores to grieve. c. the family does not care that the boy has died. d. the family expected the boy to died when he cut off his hand. b_b_b

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.