Synthesis essay
“Doodle was just about the craziest brother a boy ever had.” In both The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the main character feels shameful about the other main character. In Of Mice and Men George is afraid that what Lennie will do will get them in trouble and in “The Scarlett Ibis” the Brother is embarrassed to have a disabled brother. The way Doodle’s brother treats Doodle in The Scarlet Ibis is alike to the way that George treats Lennie in Of Mice and Men because some of their actions come out of a place of shame and fear, and the shame and fear that they felt ultimately caused Doodle and Lennie’s deaths. George treats lennie like he is unequal because he is ashamed of what Lennie did at Weed, the farm where they used to work. He also is fearful that Lennie will repeat past mistakes and cause more problems for them. George talks down to Lennie“Just don't have nothing to do with him. Will you remember?” (Steinbeck 29).And the reason that George talks down to Lennie because he feels that Lennie does not know right from wrong, and he does not have the ability to make his own decisions. George …show more content…
It was as if he had no bones in his little legs.” Like in of mice in men, in the scarlet ibis, the older brother character treats the younger character inferiorly. In the scarlet ibis, this treatment comes from the shame that the older brother has because Doodle can't walk, and a fear that he will be teased for having a crippled brother. The brother feels that if his brother, Doodle, can't walk, then he will be teased and made fun of and will make the older brother feel ashamed to be related to him, so the older brother teaches Doodle to
“Doodle was just about the craziest brother a boy ever had.” In both The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the main character feels shameful about the other main character. In Of Mice and Men George is afraid that what Lennie will do will get them in trouble and in “The Scarlett Ibis” the Brother is embarrassed to have a disabled brother. The way Doodle’s brother treats Doodle in The Scarlet Ibis is alike to the way that George treats Lennie in Of Mice and Men because some of their actions come out of a place of shame and fear, and the shame and fear that they felt ultimately caused Doodle and Lennie’s deaths. George treats lennie like he is unequal because he is ashamed of what Lennie did at Weed, the farm where they used to work. He also is fearful that Lennie will repeat past mistakes and cause more problems for them. George talks down to Lennie“Just don't have nothing to do with him. Will you remember?” (Steinbeck 29).And the reason that George talks down to Lennie because he feels that Lennie does not know right from wrong, and he does not have the ability to make his own decisions. George …show more content…
It was as if he had no bones in his little legs.” Like in of mice in men, in the scarlet ibis, the older brother character treats the younger character inferiorly. In the scarlet ibis, this treatment comes from the shame that the older brother has because Doodle can't walk, and a fear that he will be teased for having a crippled brother. The brother feels that if his brother, Doodle, can't walk, then he will be teased and made fun of and will make the older brother feel ashamed to be related to him, so the older brother teaches Doodle to