Literary Response To 'Littlehead, Ruben Dean'

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Littlehead, Ruben dean. Literary Response, 2017. I believe the key concept of ¨the Scarlet Ibis¨ is to live up to the fullest and to never give up on anything. This story has told me that to believe in myself or others and to not get discouraged about what others might think. The other concept of the story was to never give up when times get hard, like when school was coming upon the boys. Living up to the fullest means to be happy and to do the best you can, because everyday is different than the day before. Like how the narrator help Doddle to walk, but one rainy afternoon they decided to run home and Doodle died. So, whenever there is an opportunity to succeed or to get better take that opportunity because you don´t know what the future

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