To Kill a Mockingbird
Explain how Scout's treatment of the rolly-polly bug mirrors the way the town of Maycomb treated Tom Robinson?
chapter 25
chapter 25
Scout plays with the rolly-polly just to see its reation (rolling up in a ball) and intending to stomp it. Jem equates her action with the treatment of Tom Robinson, the innocent who is mistreated and stomped on by society.
To Kill a Mockingbird