In “The Scarlet Ibis” I believe the similarities between doodle and the scarlet ibis make the essential literary device symbolism because it is what is used most in the story and what the story is based around. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst the narrator received a little brother named William but was nicknamed Doodle that was disabled. He wants his brother to be a regular person so he can have pride so he taught his brother how to walk just for pride. In the end the pride he took for granted was lost when his brother died in a lighting storm even though he could of been saved, but before this there was a use of symbolism when the bird died before Doodle did. Symbolism is the most essential literary device because
