Read the excerpt from ralph waldo emerson’s "self-reliance." these are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. which transcendental belief does this excerpt best illustrate? society and government corrupt the individual. society people express their individuality. societal rules are less important than an individual’s conscience. societal rules are necessary to maintain order among the people.

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.