Brother Guilty In The Scarlet Ibis

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Brother is guilty for the death of Doodle! Is pride a destructive force? In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, it was, and brings up a big question. Is Brother guilty for for Doodles death? The story is about a brother teaching his disabled brother how to live eventually leading to the disabled brother's death. According to my evidence Brother is guilty.

A reason Brother is guilty for the murder of Doodle is that he had been planning to kill him for years before the actual death. Brother admits to this on page 345 quoting, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” This proves to show that murdering Doodle was not a sudden mistaken death. The death of Doodle was intended and the brother had waited years for a proper chance to make the death look natural. Secondly throughout the story Brother shows his
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The list included to make sure Doodle was kept calm, not to hot, not too cold, out of the sun, and little stress on his heart. However on page 349 it is said, “I would teach him how to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight.” Brother was explaining that after he taught Doodle how to walk he felt confident enough to plan a program to teach Doodle how to run, swim, row, and climb trees. This shows that Brother, knowing the list of don’ts, made Doodle do things that made him excited and his heart beat fast leading very possibly to his death. Also at the end of the story Brother and Doodle were running home in the storm and every time Doodle caught up, Brother would run faster. This caused Doodle to be excited, his heart to beat too fast, and his body temperature to drop down to low. This is what lead to Doodle dying by choking on his own blood. However despite this some people believe Brother is

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