Journal Entry- Ch. 5

"...but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another..." In the story, this quote ends with "-oh, of your father," but that's only because Miss Maudie was interrupted in the middle of her inspiring, and obviously important, speech. This is a foreshadow toward some kind of unknown event that will happen later in the course of this book. I thought it was interesting because of the deeper meaning: something good in a bad man's hand can be better than something bad in a good man's hand. That's my interpretation, anyway. 

• Jem and Dill become closer, Dill happened to forget about their earlier marriage proposal, so Scout beats him up. 

• Feeling left out, she turns to Miss Maudie: a patient and respectful woman who doesn't criticize her tomboy ways.

• Maudie and Scout spend one summer afternoon discussing the history of the Radley family. 

• Scout wonders if this is why they locked Boo in the house. 

• Scout recounts all of the wild details she's heard about Boo and Maudie answers, "That is three-fourths colored folks and one-fourth Stephanie Crawford." 

• The next day, Scout finds Jem and Dill trying to feed a note to Boo through a broken shutter. 

• Their father finds them, and preaches to not discriminate. 

• Scout realizes this is wrong. Just because Boo is different doesn't make him worse or better than her family.