Scarlet Ibis Compare And Contrast Essay

“Next time I see you we will see who has the upper hand” -Atreyu (Deanne The Arsonist). It usually seems that one person has the upper hand in story. Most of the stories agree with this statement by having two people in a relationship, but one person is slightly dominant over the other, for example a brother bossing around his little brother, a crazy person walking in someone while they're chained up, or an old lady putting a boy into a chokehold because he tries to steal her pocketbook. In “The Scarlet Ibis” the two main characters, Doodle and the narrator, are examples of one person being dominant than the other. In the story the narrator always seems to be bossing doodle around. “It is,” I said. “And before I’ll help you down from the loft, you’re going to have to touch it” (Hurst 466). In that quote the narrator is forcing Doodle to touch his own coffin even when he doesn't want to, and if Doodle doesn't touch it he threatens to leave him in the barn loft. The narrator says most of the things he does to his brother if out of love, this is showing that even though he might seem that his dominance in the relationship is rude and hurtful it can be because you love that person. …show more content…
In the story Montresor and Fortunato have problems with each other and Montresor has the upper hand even though Fortunato doesn't know he does. “I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (Poe 372). This quote is showing that Montresor obviously has a problem because he's acting like Fortunato is his friend even though he's thinking about his plan of killing him while he's smiling and shaking his hand. Montresor already has a plan of how to kill him so therefore, he has the upper