HELP My book is on "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Read the poem and consider the discussion information. Then answer all of the questions in complete sentences. 8 sentences minimum.
Where Monsters Can Grow
©1998 RHL

Reprinted with permission from RHL School

Beware of the monsters

Who dwell in the mind,

Who grow in the shelter

Of shadows they find.

Beware of the demons

Who hide from the lights,

Who only survive

When our spirits lose sight.

Those creatures can thrive

Where our knowledge is low;

They fill in the spaces

Of what we don’t know.

Beware of the monsters

That cause us to hate,

To strike out in anger

When we can’t relate.

For ignorance darkens

The mind and the heart,

And helps all our monsters

To tear us apart.

But learning and thinking

Will strengthen us so

We won’t be the places

Where monsters can grow.

Discussion
This poem reminds the reader that the lack of knowledge can lead to unwarranted fears, anger, and even hate. If we do not make the effort to learn about things that we do not know or understand, we create beliefs in our minds that do not exist at all in reality. This poem communicates how easy it can be to make assumptions in the absence of knowledge.

Questions
Who or what are the monsters in the poem?
What “monsters” are evident in the novel that you’re reading?
What enables these monsters to grow?
What can prevent the monsters from growing?
What connection(s) can you make between the theme in this poem and the conflict(s) in the novel?