Is The Narrator Responsible For Doodle's Death Essay

Improved Essays
Is the narrator responsible for Doodles death? Yes, he was responsible for Doodle’s death, he let doodle just lay there on the ground in a storm about to perish from the world. The narrator has hated Doodle since the beginning. The narrator only taught Doodle how to walk for his pride. The narrator has hated Doodle since the beginning. As it states on Page 2 Paragraph 7 it says”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.” According to this quote, it shows that the narrator wanted to cause Doodle to die and show him that he will die. The narrator still did this to show doodle his faith and that he will die eventually.“It was atrocious enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to form plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”For this reason is the main reason …show more content…
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.”However, this isn’t actually mean but this shows how much he wanted to kill Doodle and affect him mentally and

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    In Scarlet Ibis, it wasn’t the narrator’s fault Doodle died. The narrator, James Hust talks about he wanted to kill his brothers sometimes and how hes actually glad he had a brother in the end of the story. Doodle had health problems and was probably born premature. Doodle health problems in later life could have affected his death.…

    • 110 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Before Doodle was even able to come out of the rom Brother was making plans to kill him. On page 345, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who was possibly not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him…”This quote shows that he had planned to kill Doodle since he was a baby. On page 344 the book says,”He was born when I was six and was from the outset a disappointment.” This quote shows that brother thought that Doodle was…

    • 359 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Scarlet Ibis Argument

    • 358 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Scarlet Ibis Argumentative Essay In The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst the story suggests that the brother is guilty of Doodles death because he thought Doodle should die, he taught Doodle for his own selfish reasons, and he ignored the doctor’s warnings. For my first reason why I said the brother is guilty is because he thought that Doodle should die. The reason for why I said that is because on page 345 the brother said “I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”…

    • 358 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Scarlet Ibis Pride Quotes

    • 397 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Scarlet Ibis Can pride be a destructive force? In the story “The Scarlet Ibis”, the character Brother was convicted of killing his own younger brother, Doodle. Doodle had many problems. He couldn't get too hot, cold, wet, or tired. Now Brother was still just a kid, and evidence proves that he loved Doodle very much, and was innocent.…

    • 397 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This disheartens and makes Doodle feel left out more than he already is. It is clear through most of the story that Doodle is out…

    • 1105 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    From the beginning of the story, Brother sees Doodle as a weak resemblance of his own character. In Brother’s eyes, Doodle needs “fixing.” Brother states that, “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him” (Hurst, 489). Brother’s pride is the spark that starts the flame of Doodle’s downfall.…

    • 1646 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    As a consequence to Brother’s selfish act of cruelty, Doodle had to suffer. Through no fault of his own, he collapsed from the over exertion of energy because of Brother’s demands. Even though Doodle was going to die sometime in the near future anyway, he could have experienced school and made new friends who would have treated him right. He could have passed away peacefully, instead of dying in a gory way. Brother had always felt the temptation to bring down Doodle’s self-esteem, and had been a major contributor to Doodle’s…

    • 456 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In addition, the story had foreshadowed his death with a bird, it was described as “grace, for it layed down on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers.” This reveals that Doodle dies like the scarlet ibis. The reason why is because…

    • 436 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Scarlet Ibis Pride Quotes

    • 753 Words
    • 4 Pages

    At the start of the short-story, from the quote, you can gather that the narrator doesn’t favor his little brother very much. In another he states, “ I purposely walked fast, and even though he kept up, his face turned red and his eyes became glazed” ( Hurst 350). This obviously shows misfair treatment the Narrator conducts toward Doodle and his disability because of his disliking and ignorance toward…

    • 753 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The narrator makes Doodle touch the coffin his family got for him when he was first born because they didn’t think he would live. The narrator says, “There is within me… a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our own blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle,” (Hurst) the narrator being prideful, making Doodle do whatever he…

    • 494 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    This shows that you shouldn’t let your pride and cruelty deprive you of your judgement because instead of just letting Doodle rest and get better, the narrator’s pride pushed him to continue on with his brother’s training. And this was the start of something that the narrator might regret for the rest of his life. This theme is also shown at the end of the story, after a lightning bolt destroyed a tree, when doodle tripped, a moment of cruelty took the narrator’s judgement. The narrator says, “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”(5).…

    • 501 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Unfortunately, however, Brother helps Doodle for his own benefits, and his vain decisions result in the death of his little brother. Brother’s actions show that while he is responsible for a large portion of the blame, he does not deserve all of it. The narrator, Brother, displays quite a bit of cruelty, as shown with…

    • 1970 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    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…

    • 540 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    When Doodle needed a responsible person, he did not have one to help him. During the story, Hurst reveals the selfish actions of Doodle’s brother, indicating that the he is responsible for Doodle’s death. Doodles brother wanted a normal brother, leading…

    • 820 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    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).…

    • 748 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays