To Kill a Mockingbird Why does Jem stop Scout from killing the roly-poly? TKAM Asked by Samar I #496621 on 2/23/2017 2:56 AM Last updated by jill d #170087 on 3/16/2017 12:43 AM
When Scout goes to kill the roly-poly bug on the porch Jem stops her. When she asks why, he says the bug had never done her any harm.