To Kill A Mocking BirdChapters 25 & 26

What do you think the roly-poly and the discussion between Scout and Jem concerning the bug symbolizes?

How do you feel about Miss Gates' comments about equality and virtue when talking about the Jews, but hatred and racism toward blacks?

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Do you feel that like the rest of the town, it was “typical” for a black man to try and escape, or do you feel more like Mr. Underwood and believe that an innocent man was murdered? Why?

What does the fact that the news of Tom’s death only stayed around the town for about two days say about the culture of the time?