Read this excerpt from " shooting an elephant " by george orwell : when a nimble burman tripped me up on the football field and the referee.. looked the other way , the crowd yelled with hideous laughter in the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere the insults hooted after me got badly on my nerves. which words in the text most clearly show an imperialistic attitude? a. young men that met me everywhere b. a nimble burman tripped me up c. the sneering yellow faces d. the insults hooted after me

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.