As Scout tried to kill a bug, Jem wouldn't let her because it didn't do anything to her, she obliged to the request figuring it was just another one of his phases. Then she thought of Dill, and the story he told her of what happen when Atticus and Calpurnia went and told Helen Robinson of her husband death. Tom's death was the talk of the town for two days, even Mr Underwood wrote in his paper about it. As the gossip slowed, Jem over heard a rumor from Miss Stephanie about Mr Ewell saying "one down and about two more to go", referring to one of the two as Atticus. Jem told Scout but threatened if she told their father, he would never speak to her again.
Jem and Scout
Symbol: Scout wanting to randomly kill an innocent bug, is like the men wanting to kill innocent Tom Robinson. Also when Mr. Underwood writes the poetic entry about Tom's death and comparing it to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children (the mockingbird)
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