In "The Scarlet Ibis," James Hursts uses vivid imagery to foreshadow how the conflict will affect the end of the story. In the story, we have seen many visual clues that foreshadow the end of the story. In the beginning of the story, Doodle's brother narrates,". The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead"(Hursts 1). Not only does this set up the atmosphere of the story, but it was already foreshadowing that Doodle was going to die. Even though when don't know exactly how we do know that the child will die. Also, the fact that Doodle's brother is describing the scene, we can also assume that he had something to do with the
