In class, someone silently passed gas. A girl told the teacher “someone passed gas” and then I laughed a bit cause of what she said. Then another girl said it was me who passed gas. Then the whole class (except for the girl who first announced someone passed gas) started laughing. Why did the second girl say it was me who passed gas and why did everyone but the first girl laugh at me. And why did the second girl look at me with a devious smile??

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.