Have you ever been ashamed of who your family is or the role they played in your life? Well, in the short story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, there is a conflict about a the narrator, who is brother in the story. He feels that he is to be blamed for the tragic incident of his little brother Doodle. You will soon learn the concept of family being valued. Family is a gift that will last forever, even if you anticipated you have lost it. This story mentions the birth of Doodle, the brother's shame towards Doodle, the symbol of the scarlet ibis, and the death of a younger brother. On October 8,1911, Brother was seven years old when he and his family welcomed his newborn brother. The little baby was finally named after three months, since everyone
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In other words, disgrace is what Brother felt towards doodle. Brother had to take Doodle everywhere he went. For example, Brother would take Doodle to places in a cart by pulling him along with him, which his father made since Doodle could not walk. On the other hand, Brother behaved heartless most times. He took Doodle to the barn loft and showed him his coffin that was made for him. He forced Doodle to touch the coffin threatening he would leave him. After touching the box, Doodle was paralyzed because of fear of being alone. As they left the barn loft, Doodle clung to him, crying, "Don't leave me. Don't leave me". Having said that, when Doodle turned five, Brother was embarrassed of having a brother that couldn't walk. Brother would take Doodle to Old Woman Swamp because of eagerness to teach him how to walk. Brother was determined to fix all abnormalities about Doodle with out even considering his feelings and …show more content…
A heavy, dreadful storm came that evening. As Doodle and Brother run back home, Brother runs ahead not bothering to look back because of anger and frustration of wanting Doodle to be normal and depend on himself. When he calms down, he looks back to see Doodle but sees no sign of him. He heads back looking for Doodle, suddenly seeing him curled up a bush and says, "Let's go, Doodle". Brother approaches him finding him bleeding from the mouth with no response. Realizing he had lost his little doodlebug because of shame and guilt of wanting a normal brother. Brother crying, puts his body over Doodle trying to protect his brother from the
In other words, disgrace is what Brother felt towards doodle. Brother had to take Doodle everywhere he went. For example, Brother would take Doodle to places in a cart by pulling him along with him, which his father made since Doodle could not walk. On the other hand, Brother behaved heartless most times. He took Doodle to the barn loft and showed him his coffin that was made for him. He forced Doodle to touch the coffin threatening he would leave him. After touching the box, Doodle was paralyzed because of fear of being alone. As they left the barn loft, Doodle clung to him, crying, "Don't leave me. Don't leave me". Having said that, when Doodle turned five, Brother was embarrassed of having a brother that couldn't walk. Brother would take Doodle to Old Woman Swamp because of eagerness to teach him how to walk. Brother was determined to fix all abnormalities about Doodle with out even considering his feelings and …show more content…
A heavy, dreadful storm came that evening. As Doodle and Brother run back home, Brother runs ahead not bothering to look back because of anger and frustration of wanting Doodle to be normal and depend on himself. When he calms down, he looks back to see Doodle but sees no sign of him. He heads back looking for Doodle, suddenly seeing him curled up a bush and says, "Let's go, Doodle". Brother approaches him finding him bleeding from the mouth with no response. Realizing he had lost his little doodlebug because of shame and guilt of wanting a normal brother. Brother crying, puts his body over Doodle trying to protect his brother from the