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The children stop playing the Radley game and alter the story, using different character names instead. Jem and Dill grow closer while leaving Scout out, spending time alone in the tree house. Scout spends more time with Miss Maudie, who reveals she bakes incredible cakes and shares stories about the Radley family with the children. Jem and Dill plan to sneak a note to Boo Radley asking him out for ice cream but their attempt fails when Atticus catches them and tells them to stop tormenting Boo.

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Chapter 5 Summary

The children stop playing the Radley game and alter the story, using different character names instead. Jem and Dill grow closer while leaving Scout out, spending time alone in the tree house. Scout spends more time with Miss Maudie, who reveals she bakes incredible cakes and shares stories about the Radley family with the children. Jem and Dill plan to sneak a note to Boo Radley asking him out for ice cream but their attempt fails when Atticus catches them and tells them to stop tormenting Boo.

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Chapter 5 Summary

The children decide to stop playing the Radley game, at least for a short time. Instead of
stopping completely, they altered the story a little and changed the names of the characters
in their plays. They all agreed that was a good alternative.
Earlier in the summer, Dill proposed to Scout, but that seemed to slip his mind. Jem and Dill
became closer and Scout was left out. The boys spend time alone and when Scout tries to
join them, Jem tells her to leave. Their days were spent in the tree house. They plotted and
planned, but called Scout when they needed another person.
During this time, Scout began to spend more time with Miss Maudie. Atkinson. Miss Maudie
hated her house. It was a big rambling house and she spends much of her time outside. Her
plants and yard were beautiful. After long days in her overalls in the yard, she would take a
bath and emerge onto her porch looking beautiful.
Miss Maudie became friends with all three children and revealed a well-kept secret to them.
She baked incredible cakes, and she baked three individual cakes for each of the children.
Scout asked Miss Maudie questions about whether Boo Radley is still alive. She assures
Scout that he hasn't been carried out, so he must still be alive. They share stories that
circulated through the neighborhood about what Boo looked like, why he stays in the house
and talk about his family being "foot-washing Baptist."
Jem and Dill find a new way to occupy their time. They decide to sneak a note to Boo and
ask him out for ice cream. The plan is to stick the note on the end of a fishing pole and then
stick it through a lose shutter on the house. Jem takes the pole to the house and tries to get
the note to Boo. He struggles and tries, but the note slips off. Jem stands in front of the
house with the dinner bell to alert Jem of trouble. Scout is behind the house as a lookout.
Jem is busy with the fishing pole and doesn't notice Atticus walking up the street. Dill rings
the bell furiously, but Atticus stops him. He asks the children why they want to see Boo and
they use the flimsy excuse that he might want to join them. Atticus tells them to stop
tormenting Boo. Jem hollers out that he doesn't think he wants to be a lawyer anymore.

Chapter 5 Analysis
Miss Maudie plays an important role in revealing details about Boo. She explains some of
the reasons why he lives like he does. The fanatical religious nature of his father, prompts
the reader to be sympathetic to his situation. For Scout to understand the details Miss
Maudie shares, will require her to have a more grown up viewpoint.

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