What do you associate with the color red? For most people, they immediately think of blood.With all of its negative connotation, when it's spilled, or somebody is dead. Blood can be scary, even terrifying. It can also be beautiful though, as we see in "The Scarlet Ibis."
There is a lot of association with the color red in this story. The "bleeding tree" makes us automatically think of red.The ibis found in the backyard itself is red, and the bush which Doodle dies beneath is red. When Doodle is born his body is "red." For the characters in this story, red is an inescapable color laced throughout their lives.“He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red.” (12, Hurst) Mentioning the
There is a lot of association with the color red in this story. The "bleeding tree" makes us automatically think of red.The ibis found in the backyard itself is red, and the bush which Doodle dies beneath is red. When Doodle is born his body is "red." For the characters in this story, red is an inescapable color laced throughout their lives.“He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red.” (12, Hurst) Mentioning the