Sometimes the ones people love the most are the cruelest to them. Some people show their love through cruelty. But cruelty is not the answer. “The Scarlett Ibis” by James Hurst is about a boy who struggles with pride, family, and death. The boy shows to much pride in himself, he doesn’t care for his family very well, and he realizes death can be painful. The young boy is very cruel to his little brother, and later realizes that it is not the way to act, people need to learn that family is important, family should not be treated cruelly. The narrator of the story wanted to smother his brother because he was expected to not be all there. “So I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”(Hurst 595) Doodle chose that exact
