The Innocence Of Doodle's Brother In Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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Innocence of Doodle’s brother
In the book called Scarlet Ibis written by James Hurst, his brother Doodle was supposed to be dead. I said he was innocent that he was just merely a kid and really that it was his parents fault! Doodle’s older brother was a little rough but an innocent brother just wanting to climb ropes, row boats, and swim long distances with him, but his older brother did go to far with Doodle’s limits. His brother showed him love. Its says that he was licked, that he loved his brother. His brother once showed feelings and was proud of his brother Doodle, once saying “Mama, he’s all there, he’s all there! Which he was. Then before long Doodle was growing and getting older, as so was his brother. Being that they were older,

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