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From Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Read the following excerpt. Then, answer each question based on your understanding of literary elements.
In this excerpt, the narrator describes the character Jeanie Louise.


Jean Louise had never known her mother, and she never knew what a mother was, but she rarely felt the need for one. In her childhood her father had never misinterpreted her, nor bobbled once, except when she was eleven and came home to dinner from school one day and found that her blood had begun to flow.
2 She thought she was dying and she began to scream. Calpurnia and Atticus and Jem came running, and when they saw her plight, Atticus and Jem looked helplessly at Calpurnia, and Calpurnia took her in hand.
3 It had never fully occurred to Jean Louise that she was a girl: her life had been one of reckless, pummeled activity; fighting, football, climbing, keeping up with Jem, and besting anyone her own age in any contest requiring physical prowess.
4 When she was calm enough to listen, she considered that a cruel practical joke had been played upon her: she must now go into a world of femininity, a world she despised, could not comprehend nor defend herself against, a world that did not want her.
5 The two aging men saw her through her loneliest and most difficult hours, through the malignant limbo of turning from a howling tomboy into a young woman. Atticus took her air rifle from her hand and put a golf club in it, Dr. Finch taught her—Dr. Finch taught her what he was most interested in. She gave lip service to the world: she went through the motions of complying with the regulations governing the behavior of teenage girls from good families; she developed a halfway interest in clothes, boys, hairdos, gossip, and female aspirations; but she was uneasy all the time she was away from the security of those who she knew loved her.

Answer 1

What is the point of view of this excerpt?

The point of view of this excerpt is first person, as the narrator uses the pronoun "I" to refer to herself and her own experiences.

What type of conflict does Jeanie Louise face in this excerpt?

Jeanie Louise faces an internal conflict, as she struggles to come to terms with her changing identity and the expectations that come with growing up as a girl in her society.

What is the theme of this excerpt?

The theme of this excerpt is the difficulty of transitioning from childhood to adulthood, particularly for girls who must navigate societal expectations and gender roles. It also touches on the theme of identity, as Jeanie Louise struggles to reconcile her tomboyish tendencies with the expectations of femininity placed upon her.

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