Love And Pride In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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Some books that are written that many read, have a plot that might convey the theme of the story. You might get an idea of what type of a book it will be just from the plot. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the plot helps the reader catch onto the theme. The plot that James Hurst created, the narrator is unable to accept his brother’s physical challenges and tries to change him, shows the theme of love and pride in the story.
Brother’s actions, the plot, conveys the theme throughout the story. One of his actions that conveys the theme is at the beginning, Brother decides to teach Doodle to walk: “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of the age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him” (Hurst

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