Pride In The Scarlet Ibis

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“The faster I walked the faster he walked ,so I began to run” (Hurst 353). In James Hurst’s short story “The Scarlet Ibis” Brother is guilty of Doodles death. Because he ran away from Doodle During the storm, considered him a burden, and he made him touch his own casket.
Pride can be a destructive force. Brother started to think he was able to teach doodle anything after teaching him how to walk. The text states “Once I succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility” (Hurst 349). Once brother set out to teach Doodle to run he ignored what the doctor said. The text states “The doctor had said that he mustn’t get to excited” Brother also threaded to leave Doodle in the lofted of the barn if he did not touch his

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