The Rocket Man Quiz 1. What does the boy do to the father’s bag when he returns home? What does this show about his character?

2. What request does the mother make of the narrator that shows she misses having her husband at home?

3. Why won’t the mother allow the son to mow the lawn? What does this show about her character?

4. The father states, “Your mother treats me, sometimes, like I’m not here- as if I were invisible”. Analyze this statement.

5. What is the internal conflict the father faces? Describe how you know this?

6. How does the father die at the end of this story? What might “the sun” symbolize in terms of applying this to a theme?

7. What is the theme (lesson) of the story?

8. Do you feel the father should have given up his quest for adventure to prioritize his family? Why/why not?

Read o captain! my captain! by walt whitman, 1819 - 1892 and tell me the theme

What does the morality play everyman say about fate and free will? develop a short response using examples from the text to support your answer.

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.