Question: in to kill a mockingbird why did jem have to read to mrs dubose?
Answer: Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes. As punishment, Jem must go to her house every day for a month and read to her. ... Atticus reveals to Jem that she was addicted to morphine and that the reading was part of her successful effort to combat this addiction.