Hurst uses this to show how Brother feels guilty about everything he done to Doodle. The grindstone which is the Brother and Bleeding tree which is Doodle are next to each other, which makes the Brother remember about the days they spent together and also the Brother could always recall the memories with Doodle when he was young. The most famous character, the Scarlet Ibis is described as a “big red bird”(97) and the narrator explains how the scarlet ibis has been weakened and close to death. The scarlet ibis is small and fragile like Doodle, but more importantly the scarlet ibis is out of place in their yard. The scarlet ibis is not indigenous to Doodle's neighborhood, it's as if the bird is lost. Doodle was out of place in his world too because he was different, small, fragile, mentally and physically impaired. Doodle feels an empathy and instinctively think he has to help the bird. He reflects himself on the bird that he already knows how to be alone and no one look after you. “I’m not hungry”(98) is repeated two times when his parents ask him to sit down and continue to eat dinner. He is not bothering to eat because he is focused on the scarlet
Hurst uses this to show how Brother feels guilty about everything he done to Doodle. The grindstone which is the Brother and Bleeding tree which is Doodle are next to each other, which makes the Brother remember about the days they spent together and also the Brother could always recall the memories with Doodle when he was young. The most famous character, the Scarlet Ibis is described as a “big red bird”(97) and the narrator explains how the scarlet ibis has been weakened and close to death. The scarlet ibis is small and fragile like Doodle, but more importantly the scarlet ibis is out of place in their yard. The scarlet ibis is not indigenous to Doodle's neighborhood, it's as if the bird is lost. Doodle was out of place in his world too because he was different, small, fragile, mentally and physically impaired. Doodle feels an empathy and instinctively think he has to help the bird. He reflects himself on the bird that he already knows how to be alone and no one look after you. “I’m not hungry”(98) is repeated two times when his parents ask him to sit down and continue to eat dinner. He is not bothering to eat because he is focused on the scarlet