Read the excerpt below and answer the question. ... something which looks like a virtue, if followed, would be his (a leader's) ruin; whilst something else, which
looks like a vice, yet followed brings him peace and prosperity.
Machiavelli's advice can best be paraphrased as
o Follow virtue, even if it leads to ruin
Beware: vice can often look like virtue.
Take the action, whether virtuous or evil, that leads to peace and prosperity.
Make decisions quickly, without taking too much time to think about them.

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.