Character Analysis: Guilty Vs. Innocent

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Guilty V.S Innocent

Doodles brother was guilty for his death.He was guilty for several reasons. Here are three.
The first reason was the brother left Doodle in the barn loft and threatened him by saying Doodle had to touch the mahogany box before he got his brothers help. “Doodle studied the mahogany box for a long time.” The brother told him that if he did not touch the mahogany box “then i’ll leave you in here.”
The second reason is that he made Doodle row the boat against the tide, harder and harder. “We got into a skiff and floated down the creek with the tide.” “I put the oars back in place and made Doodle row back against the tide.”
The last reason that was picked is that the brother left Doodle in the rain knowing that he had a list

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