Phase Portaits in Dynamical Sytems

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Searching for some help with trying to sketch the phase portrait for the system,

$$\ddot{x}=ax-x^2$$

for values of $a=0$, $a<0$, $a>0$.

How can I set up the Jacobian matrices and sketch the phase portrait of this system?

$\dot{x}=y$
$\dot{y}=ax-x^2$

then,

$y=0$
$x=0$
$x=a$