In James Hurst’s short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” a family has a child that is born a deformed caul baby. This boy, Doodle, has an older brother that teaches him how to be like a “normal” boy. “The Scarlet Ibis” effectively explores the downsides of pride. One of the ways in which the story investigates the advantages and drawbacks of pride is that the older brother forces Doodle to perform difficult tasks because the brother is embarrassed. While Doodle’s brother is pushing Doodle to walk faster after they go swimming, Doodle collapses. ‘"Aw, come on, Doodle,’ I urged. ‘You can do it. Do you want to be different from everybody else when you start school?"’ (Hurst 182). Plainly displayed in this passage is how Doodle’s brother’s pride
