To Kill a Mockingbird

To what does Jem compare Maycomb? And why?

In chapter 22 and what page number?

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Jem talks about himself being sheltered" a caterpillar in a cocoon. We could extend this metaphor to the town of Maycomb. It too is sheltered and isolated fro the world. It is also isolated from the progressive world that is moving away form blatant racism.