Things may not turn out as well as some people have thought. This is the same in the short story of “The Scarlet Ibis,” written by James Hurst.(Brief Summary) This describes how a older brother has pushed his little brother way over his capabilities, and “kills” him. This narrative however has a well developed central message that of, people need to accept other people for who that are and not try to change them. (Thesis Statement)
The textual support in this story is massive. (Topic Sentence) The first thing the older brother wants, is to not have an invalid brother. (First Support) The older brother was standing and watching Doodle and started to think: “having one who possibility was not there was unbearable, so began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow”(Hurst 163). (Commentary) He is disgusted that he has a brother with major disabilities, which he sees as inferior. (Second Support) He …show more content…
Even though they didn’t know that he was dying faster.(Commentary) They’re having the time of their lives, even that the fact that the mother and their father are having a child who they know won’t live to be a parent. (Third Support) The older brother asked Doodle if he wanted to earn the right to walk, and Doodle said yes. Then the older brother told him that he had to keep trying and Doodle kept trying and trying until he learned to walk again. (Textual Evidence) The two boys were walking along the Old Woman’s swamp and training for the big surprise for his family Doodle: (Second Direct Quote)“‘After many weeks of practicing, he stood alone for a few seconds’”(Hurst 166). (Commentary) After trying so hard and having so many failures, Doodle had finally come over the fact that he could now walk. Which seemed great at first, but only lead to a steep down-hill roll to his death.While making Doodle do all these great things, his heart has become over-stressed and will
The textual support in this story is massive. (Topic Sentence) The first thing the older brother wants, is to not have an invalid brother. (First Support) The older brother was standing and watching Doodle and started to think: “having one who possibility was not there was unbearable, so began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow”(Hurst 163). (Commentary) He is disgusted that he has a brother with major disabilities, which he sees as inferior. (Second Support) He …show more content…
Even though they didn’t know that he was dying faster.(Commentary) They’re having the time of their lives, even that the fact that the mother and their father are having a child who they know won’t live to be a parent. (Third Support) The older brother asked Doodle if he wanted to earn the right to walk, and Doodle said yes. Then the older brother told him that he had to keep trying and Doodle kept trying and trying until he learned to walk again. (Textual Evidence) The two boys were walking along the Old Woman’s swamp and training for the big surprise for his family Doodle: (Second Direct Quote)“‘After many weeks of practicing, he stood alone for a few seconds’”(Hurst 166). (Commentary) After trying so hard and having so many failures, Doodle had finally come over the fact that he could now walk. Which seemed great at first, but only lead to a steep down-hill roll to his death.While making Doodle do all these great things, his heart has become over-stressed and will