William Armstrong The Pride Analysis

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Throughout the text of the pride refers to the narrator of his brother's feelings.
When the narrator was seven years old, the pride made him unable to tolerate a brother who was different from the normal person. Brother William Armstrong from the beginning to let people down, everyone thinks he can not live long. The father even made the carpenter a small coffin for him. The narrator thinks the disability brother is a baggage and starts calling him Doodle. He even gave Doodle a little coffin and "telling them how we all believed he would die."
When the narrator was thirteen years old, the pride made him decide to walk the church brother. Although Doodle has repeatedly said he can not walk, the narrator is still carrying out his plan. Doodle

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