To Kill a Mockingbird

According to Jem, how do you get a turtle to come out of its shell? In what way might this idea be an apt parallel to get people to do what they don’t want to do? Give an real-world example to support your answer.

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According to Jem, lighting a match under a turtle will get him to come out of his shell. Similarly, lighting a metaphorical match under Maycomb might get people to see the ugliness of racism, and just maybe, they might change their ways.

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