Pride Can Lead To Both Life And Death

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“I did not know that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” Pride hides many things, bad and good. Pride kills, destroys, and harms many. Pride can lead to both life and death, Pride can be dangerous. In the Scarlet Ibis, the brother used his own pride against Doodles life, which led up to his death. Pride can lead to both life and death. When Doodle was born he had something over his head which caused him to be slow with everything he done. He couldn’t crawl until he was five, couldn’t walk until his brother forced him to stand up time and time again for himself. Doodle and his brother were in for the long run when the storm kicked in an brother ran off and left Doodle to die, so

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