The narrator is responsible for the horrible death of Doodle. When Doodle was born, the narrator was making plans to kill him. He taught Doodle how to walk for his pride. Finally, when a storm came, the narrator left Doodle to die. This kid is guilty!
When Doodle was born, the narrator was making plans to kill him. “He was born when I was six and was, from the outset, a disappointment. He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's. Everybody thought he was going to die-everybody except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him (Hurst 1).” From the start, the narrator thought Doodle was a disappointment and showed no compassion for him. He even thought Doodle was going to die! “I wanted a brother. But Mama, crying, told me that even if William Armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. He might not, she sobbed, even be …show more content…
"I haven't heard a rain frog," said Mama, who believed in signs, as she served the bread around the table. "I did," declared Doodle. "Down in the swamp-" "He didn't," I said contrarily (Hurst 9).” The narrator rejected Doodle of seeing a rainfrog, so he could bring him to the swamp when a storm came. This is part of his plan to kill Doodle! “The knowledge that Doodle's and my plans had come to naught 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 (Hurst 11).” This was brother’s final part of his plan to kill Doodle! Leave him in the storm to die. He knew Doodle couldn’t keep up with him, crippled or not. “Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn-up knees (Hurst 12).” The narrator killed Doodle, he is guilty! He could have easily prevented his death by carrying him, or even walking with him! But he ran away from him and left him for
When Doodle was born, the narrator was making plans to kill him. “He was born when I was six and was, from the outset, a disappointment. He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's. Everybody thought he was going to die-everybody except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him (Hurst 1).” From the start, the narrator thought Doodle was a disappointment and showed no compassion for him. He even thought Doodle was going to die! “I wanted a brother. But Mama, crying, told me that even if William Armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. He might not, she sobbed, even be …show more content…
"I haven't heard a rain frog," said Mama, who believed in signs, as she served the bread around the table. "I did," declared Doodle. "Down in the swamp-" "He didn't," I said contrarily (Hurst 9).” The narrator rejected Doodle of seeing a rainfrog, so he could bring him to the swamp when a storm came. This is part of his plan to kill Doodle! “The knowledge that Doodle's and my plans had come to naught 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 (Hurst 11).” This was brother’s final part of his plan to kill Doodle! Leave him in the storm to die. He knew Doodle couldn’t keep up with him, crippled or not. “Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn-up knees (Hurst 12).” The narrator killed Doodle, he is guilty! He could have easily prevented his death by carrying him, or even walking with him! But he ran away from him and left him for