Chapter 5, Connor Barry

Plot:
At the beginning of the chapter, scout tells us that previously dill wanted to marry her. Now she is starting to be jealous of Dill because he is spending more time with Jem. They would hang out together in the tree house for hours and leave her out. So scout goes and talks to a friendly neighbor, Miss. Maudie. Who always treats Jem Finch, Scout Finch, and Charles Baker Harris with one small cake, each. She is also good at gardening. Miss. Maudie is a friend of Scouts uncle Jack, who has longed to marry Miss. Maudie, but knows it will never happen. Scout and Miss Maudie talk about Boo Radley, now known as Arther Radley. Her theory is that he is still very much alive but lives with a harsh father. While scout believed the rumor, that Boo was dead and stuffed up the chiminy. Miss Maudie brought up the term “foot-washing” which was a very religious person, exactly what Boo’s father was. Miss Maudie adds she did not like them too much “Did you know some of ‘em came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?” (Lee 59) Jem and Dill are making a note inviting Boo to have ice cream with them. While they were trying to keep Scout away, she adds is as much her yard as is theirs. The use a fishing pole and try to stick the note in the windowsill, not achieving this task, Jem almost ruins the paper. When the dinner bell rings Atticus catches them, scolds them, and says “I’m going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man” (Lee 65). Which leads to the halting of making fun of the Radley family.

Major Changes and Developments:
At first Dill likes Scout and wants to marry her, than later on in the chapter, they grow apart and Dill starts to hang out with Jem more. Scout changes by jealousy and starts to leave them alone and talk to her neighbor more, Miss Maudie.
New Characters consist of Miss Maudie, a friendly neighbor of Scout and Dr. Buford who’s profession was medicine and anything that grew in the ground.
There is an external conflict introduced when Atticus announces his grief when he notices Jem, Dill, and Scout annoying the Radley household, and catching them when they did plays of the Radleys lives. Also the relationship of Jem, Dill, and Scout is and external and internal conflict that arises because they do not let Scout hangout anymore. It is also an internal conflict because Scout is sad she is not encluded anymore. Neither of the conflics have resolved yet, or intensified.

Literary Elements:
Boo Radley is a symbol representing to the kids a ghost or superstition, not yet developed into a real person yet.

Vocab
- Tacit (page 56) Meaning : understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- Scuppernongs (page 56) Meaning: a silvery amber-green variety of
muscadine grape.

Critical Thinking
1. Is Boo Radley A real Prson? Or a figure of imagination?
2. Is Atticus right to say that they are tormenting the family?