The narrator is at blame for his younger brothers death. Some say the he was young and naive, but he still knew the right thing to do. Was he trying to help his brother? Yes, but it was mainly a self gain. When he presented to his parents Doodle walking, everyone thought he was selfless and that he just wanted to help Doodle.…
Brother is mostly to blame for the brutalities towards Doodle, yet he pushes his brother out of compassion. Brother’s own pride results in overworking Doodle to maintain Brother’s own ego. Brother’s self-importance contributes to driving Doodle too far, because he believes Doodle is a bad self-reflection of his own character. His huge self-image is inescapable and controls him for many of his early years.…
It led him to becoming characterized as sadistic, through his refusal to accept his disabled brother for who he is. As the story progresses, he begins to realize the disastrous effects of pride and toll it took on Doodle’s life. The protagonist begins to recognize that there are no words to “solder” the tear pride ripped together again. Once something is broken, it will forever remain apart. You can not make it the same as it once was ever…
He pushes him harder and harder, without asking Doodle for what he thinks or wants. The narrator seems to not care for Doodle’s restrictions and drives Doodle way past them. Even though it seems like the narrator is trying to support Doodle, in reality, the narrator…
This quote is again one the turning points in the story, the Narrator confirms that his actions had done more harm than…
In Hurst's short story “The Scarlet Ibis” how brother thinks he is showing love towards Doodle but his love is really just poisonous towards him and in reality is destroying him. As Doodle gets older, brother begins to realize that there is potential in making Doodle into the brother he always wanted him to be, instead of him being a “burden” and having to pull him in the go- cart everywhere he went. Doodle grinned right a him and that's when he knew “he's all there.”…
Doodle looked up to his brother. Even though he was disabled, Doodle worked hard to get better. All so that he could please the narrator. Doodle and the narrator aren't very alike…
The storm begins and the brothers start running. Then, the narrator all of a sudden becomes filled with anger, hatred, and cruelty and runs even faster. Now, the narrator has left his brother in the storm. The narrator’s brother, Doodle, is disabled and can’t run very well. This is why the narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death.…
By reading this it makes me think that the Narrator is guilty of his brothers death. If he would not have left Doodle behind nothing would have happened to Doodle. The narrator should know that his brother has a disease and cannot take hard workouts and get exhausted. It also says in the text “So i began…
Doodle’s brother, however, sets out to teach Doodle how to walk, but not because the brother cared about Doodle. The reason Brother is teaching Doodle how to walk is he is ashamed of having a crippled brother. Brother is successful with teaching Doodle to walk, but Brother is ashamed of teaching him to walk because of his pride, regardless, he is successful: “Doodle walked slowly across the room and sat down at his place at the table. . . They did not know that. did it for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother”…
They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride”Afterward the narrator had done what was previously mentioned. The narrator was the only one who does not possess a normal brother, so the narrator was not even apologetic enough and gave up his time during the summers just to cause him to have pride. ”Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother. ”For this reason it just shows that she only did it because she was ashamed of her having a brother that is different from everyone else, it's the narrator's fault because if Doodle was out of the world he wouldn't be ashamed anymore and wouldn't have to worry about other people making him feel unwelcome in life because of his brother. ”One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die.…
His selfishness destroyed a person he loved and cared for. It was his fault that Doodle was dead, he was the one who kept pushing him harder and harder, telling him not to stop. Selfishness is a very strong emotion, it can impact an individual positively, by setting goals and dreams and working towards what you want as a person, but it can also be a very negative thing, it can hurt oneself and other people they may love. Brother proves himself no better then Doodle, showing himself to be as morally destitute as Doodle is physically…
First of all, Brother was embarrassed of Doodle. Doodle did have problems and looked different than anyone else, but you shouldn’t be ashamed of your own brother. Brother should be held responsible because he was older and should have been there for Doodle. It’s important to have one anothers back, especially in Doodle’s condition. Because of Brother being too self-conceited and not really caring for his brother, the results were heartbreaking.…
Doodle’s brother responsibility was to keep Doodle safe. Obviously he did not because he left Doodle behind during major storm, which determines that Doodle’s brother was not very responsible for Doodle. When the narrator felt he was taking care of Doodle, by working him endlessly, he was not he Just worked Doodle way to hard. This shows that Doodle’s brother resents his responsibility of taking care of Doodle. Since Doodle had a disability, the narrator did not have any respect for having a useless brother.…
The idea that Doodle is different continues to shame Brother. In fact, Brother is so ashamed that his actions cause suffering for Doodle. Brother abandons Doodle. Brother remembers, “The knowledge that Doodle’s and my plans had come to nothing was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us” (353).…