The Role Of The Narrator In Doodle's Violence

The narrator is responsible for the bloodthirsty violence of Doodle's death. The narrator had horribly negative thoughts about Doodle because of the fact that he wasn't normal. Another example is that Doodle's brother periodically grew a large amount of anger towards Doodle because he usually struggled doing simple things or being normal. Doodles brother, the narrator, ran from Doodle when Doodle was struggling to make it through the violent storm while trying to keep up. The narrator had horribly negative thoughts about Doodle because of the fact that he wasn't normal. “I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” The narrator disliked his brother and thought of this idea to murder him (He was angry). “It was bad enough having an invalid …show more content…
“I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us.” Doodle's brother saw this as a chance to teach Doodle a lesson and or kill Doodle. “Soon I could hear his voice no more.” The narrator built up so much anger and cruelty that he ran so far that his brother was no longer hearable. “Doodle! Doodle!” I cried, shaking him, but there was no answer but therapy rain. He lay very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermilion neck appear unusually long and slim. His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin.” When the narrator realized his brother hasn't made through the rain, he ran back and found his brother dead and he knew that it was his fault. The narrator is responsible for Doodle's heartbreaking death. Doodles brother made plans to kill his brother. He had a chance to strike and put his plan into action. After leaving his crippled brother in the rain he came back to see that his brother was now dead like the Scarlet Ibis. The narrator knew that it was his fault for his brother's