To Kill A Mockingbird: Chapters 4-5

In chapter four, Scout finds two pieces of chewing gum in the knot-hole by the Radley Place. The next time, she and Jem find Indian heads (pennies) in the knot-hole. They begin to think that someone has been leaving these items in the tree for them. When they find the two soap dolls in the tree, they realize that they are supposed to be themselves. This is when they begin to think that someone (Boo Radley) is trying to communicate with them. 

We begin to hear more about Atticus in these chapters. How he is defending a Negro. Everyone in town is insulting Atticus, and it is hard for Jem and Scout to control their anger. Scout begins to get in fight at school which Atticus disapproves of. He tells Scout to do what ever she can to hold in her anger and not to take it out on other people.

Dill returns for the summer, which Jem and Scout are happy about. But Dill is becoming more like Jem, and they start to leave Scout out of their fun. Jem tells Scout that she needs to stop acting like a girl, which is ironic because she is a girl.

In chapter five, we hear more about Miss Maudie. Jem and Scout consider her a friend, rather than just an old woman who lives next door. Miss Maudie is a wise woman and seems to know a lot about everyone in the town. She even know's a little about Boo Radley. Miss Maudie says, "I remember Arthur Radley when he was a boy. He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did. Spoke as nicely as he knew how"(Lee 46). Miss Maudie seems to be the only person who can say something nice about Boo Radley.