Doodle's Death Analysis

Yes, I think that the narrator was responsible for doodles death. The narrator push doodle to hard causing him to die. The narrator wanted to kill doodle from the start because he wanted to push a pillow on to his face and make doodle die. The narrator also hated his brother doodle because he was an invalid brother. The narrator was always negative about doodle and everyone around him. On page 1 “Everybody thought that doodle was going to die.” The narrator was saying that because he wants doodle dead. On page 2 the narrator says “Possibly to not have a brother that's not all there is unbearable. The narrator is negative towards doodle and the narrator doesn't care about his brother even when he is disabled.On pg 1 the narrator says”We built a mahogany coffin for doodle.” They built a coffin for doodle before he was even dead. …show more content…
On page 11 it says that “ I ran as fast as I could leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us. The narrator left doodle behind to die. The narrator could’ve ran back and carried doodle. On page 11 “I heard doodle who had fallen behind cry out don’t leave me!” The narrator intentionally left doodle behind even when doodle cried out for help. On page 5 doodle says “Don’t hurt me!” Doodle obviously doesn't want to get hurt so the narrator shouldn't be putting doodle through so much pain.
The narrator pushed doodle to hard and that is what caused his death. On page 5 “I grabbed him under his arms and stood up and doodle collapsed then doodle said Don’t hurt me!” Doodle doesn't want to stand up and he’s being pushed too hard but the narrator wasn’t doing it for doodle he just didn’t want to be embarrassed around people. The narrator was clearly seeing that doodle was tired so he brought him to the swamp and left him to die. The narrator also made doodle row against the tides so he would push himself so that he would