The narrator decides to show Doodle his casket to show him that he was supposed to die: “One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die” (Hurst 466). With doing this the brother thought it would be good to scare Doodle and show him he needs to work to get better if he did not want to die. He had done this because he does not want a weak brother that could potentially die. The brother knew that if he got close to Doodle then he could get him to do whatever he wanted him to do. After Doodle touches the casket an owl screeched and flew onto the box which had scared Doodle. He repeatedly asked his brother not to leave him.. The brother thought he had finally gotten Doodle where he wanted him. He wanted Doodle to become a little independent and started to take streches to make sure Doodle could do so. Towards the end of the story, the brother thought everything was going good. Doodle had made a lot of progress that was never supposed to be possible for him. There was a storm, they were rushing home to try and not get stuck in the bad storm. Doodle tried to keep up with his brother while they were running to get shelter, but fell and got caught in the storm. “The lightning was near now, and from fear he walked so close behind me he kept stepping on my heels. The faster I walked, the fast he walked, so I began to run” (Hurst 474-475). After the storm had past the brother waited for Doodle to come. He finally decided to backtrack the route, and there Doodle was laying on the Earth, not responsive to his brother and when he tried to pick him up he just fell back to the
The narrator decides to show Doodle his casket to show him that he was supposed to die: “One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die” (Hurst 466). With doing this the brother thought it would be good to scare Doodle and show him he needs to work to get better if he did not want to die. He had done this because he does not want a weak brother that could potentially die. The brother knew that if he got close to Doodle then he could get him to do whatever he wanted him to do. After Doodle touches the casket an owl screeched and flew onto the box which had scared Doodle. He repeatedly asked his brother not to leave him.. The brother thought he had finally gotten Doodle where he wanted him. He wanted Doodle to become a little independent and started to take streches to make sure Doodle could do so. Towards the end of the story, the brother thought everything was going good. Doodle had made a lot of progress that was never supposed to be possible for him. There was a storm, they were rushing home to try and not get stuck in the bad storm. Doodle tried to keep up with his brother while they were running to get shelter, but fell and got caught in the storm. “The lightning was near now, and from fear he walked so close behind me he kept stepping on my heels. The faster I walked, the fast he walked, so I began to run” (Hurst 474-475). After the storm had past the brother waited for Doodle to come. He finally decided to backtrack the route, and there Doodle was laying on the Earth, not responsive to his brother and when he tried to pick him up he just fell back to the