6and answer the question.
if a white girl reported that a colored man had made improper advances to her-even if the charge were unsupported and based on nothing more than a neurotic imagination-a white-sheeted band might spirit the negro off to the woods and "teach him a lesson" with tar and feathers or with the whip. if a white man stood up for a negro in a race quarrel, he might be kidnapped and beaten up. if a colored woman refused to sell her land at an arbitrary price which she considered too low, and a klansman wanted the land, she might receive the k. k. k. ultimatum-sell or be thrown out. klan members would boycott jewish merchants, refuse to hire catholic boys, refuse to rent their houses to catholics.
what is the best definition you can infer for the word "arbitrary" from the excerpt above?

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.