To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 5 Summary and Analysis
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Miss Maudie Atkinson: the neighbor who had grown up with Jack Finch.
Uncle Jack Finch: Atticus’s doctor-brother, ten years his junior.
Summary
Scout begins to spend more time with Miss Maudie. The two talk about religion and anything else Scout wants to discuss. Miss Maudie treats Scout as an equal. She tells Scout to call Boo Radley by his real name: Arthur Radley, and she believes that Arthur does not come out of the house because he wants to stay inside. When Scout tells her that Jem believes he has died and been stuck up the chimney, Miss Maudie...
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