Have you ever heard of a person killing his brother? Have you ever been so embarrassed of somebody that you wanted to kill them? In the “Scarlet Ibis,” the brother, Doodle, was born with problems and just wasn’t a normal child. His brother, the Narrator, didn’t like having a brother who wasn’t normal. The narrator is to blame for Doodle’s death because at the beginning of the story he makes a plan to kill his brother. Another reason is that he is embarrassed of Doodle and criticized him because he is different. The last reason is because he pushed Doodle way too hard to change and he pushed him so hard he ended up killing him.
There are many reasons that convinced me that the Narrator is to blame for Doodle’s death. One reason he is to blame because at the beginning of the story he talks about how he wanted to kill Doodle. He said “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” (Hurst,351). So if he wanted to kill him at the beginning why wouldn’t he kill him at the end? Having an invalid brother made the Narrator kill him. He was also upset not having a brother to play with. He said “... I wanted more than anything else someone to race to Horsehead Landing, someone to box …show more content…
One reason is the narrator says Doodle was a burden. He said “He was a burden in many ways”(Hurst,352). That tells me he wants to kill him because he was such a burden and he was a very annoying brother. He pushed Doodle way too hard and forced him to do more than what was needed. The narrator says “I made him swim until he turned blue and row until he couldn’t lift an oar.”(Hurst,357). As a result of pushing him too hard he ended up killing him. Since the Narrator was selfish and pushed doodle way to hard he ended up killing him. All those reasons convinced me he is to blame for Doodle’s
There are many reasons that convinced me that the Narrator is to blame for Doodle’s death. One reason he is to blame because at the beginning of the story he talks about how he wanted to kill Doodle. He said “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” (Hurst,351). So if he wanted to kill him at the beginning why wouldn’t he kill him at the end? Having an invalid brother made the Narrator kill him. He was also upset not having a brother to play with. He said “... I wanted more than anything else someone to race to Horsehead Landing, someone to box …show more content…
One reason is the narrator says Doodle was a burden. He said “He was a burden in many ways”(Hurst,352). That tells me he wants to kill him because he was such a burden and he was a very annoying brother. He pushed Doodle way too hard and forced him to do more than what was needed. The narrator says “I made him swim until he turned blue and row until he couldn’t lift an oar.”(Hurst,357). As a result of pushing him too hard he ended up killing him. Since the Narrator was selfish and pushed doodle way to hard he ended up killing him. All those reasons convinced me he is to blame for Doodle’s