Doodle

to whom he gives the nickname Doodle, as a "disappointment" and "a burden." Clearly, the little brother is an affront to the narrator's pride. At first, Doodle just lies on a rubber sheet and does not seem to be "all there." Later, he does develop some, but he still cannot walk. As a result, the proud brother, who is embarrassed to do so, must pull Doodle in a go-cart his father made for him. Because of this perceived affront to his pride, the brother insists Doodle learn to walk. They practice…

to be. Brother, the narrator, constantly pushes Doodle to the limit, forcing him to walk when not even Doodle himself had the confidence that he could be able to. Doodle is overworked which leads to a devastating event. The narrator has both resentment and regret because even though he is proud at first, he regrets ever pushing Doodle to his limit and this is shown through events in the story. Firstly, Brother is always pushing Doodle because Doodle would say he couldn't do it and he just wanted…

Brother is guilty for the death of Doodle! Is pride a destructive force? In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, it was, and brings up a big question. Is Brother guilty for for Doodles death? The story is about a brother teaching his disabled brother how to live eventually leading to the disabled brother's death. According to my evidence Brother is guilty. A reason Brother is guilty for the murder of Doodle is that he had been planning to kill him for years before the actual death. Brother…

story “The Scarlet Ibis” Brother is guilty of Doodles death. Because he ran away from Doodle During the storm, considered him a burden, and he made him touch his own casket. Pride can be a destructive force. Brother started to think he was able to teach doodle anything after teaching him how to walk. The text states “Once I succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility” (Hurst 349). Once brother set out to teach Doodle to run he ignored what the doctor said.…

with the narrator, Brother, and his little brother Doodle. When Doodle was born he was red and all shriveled up, a disappointment, and everyone thought that he was going to die. When their mother always told Brother to take Doodle with him everywhere he went, Brother was embarrassed to be seen with his 5 year old brother, who couldn’t walk, but had to be pulled everywhere in a mini go-cart. The narrator made it his mission to set out to teach Doodle to walk and everything else, so he wasn’t…

the narrator of the story “The Scarlet Ibis” did this to his brother Doodle who could not walk. This shows that pride can be a destructive force, because he wanted to feel that he was better that Doodle. This also means that's Doodles brother is Guilty of his Death. One reason Doodle’s brother was guilty was that he was mean to Doodle. A example of that is “At times I was mean to Doodle”. This is when he is throwing Doodle out of the go-cart. This is just cruel to anybody but exceptionally…

sibling, Doodle. It is then that Brother remembers all the time they spent working through his condition. Brother also recalls what happened to Doodle, and how much he is to be held accountable for. In James Hurst’s short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” Brother is to blame for the cruelties done to Doodle; however, he is not totally at fault because his actions are out of love. Primarily, Brother’s pride causes him to overwork his brother in order to preserve his ego. Comparably, Brother frightens…

“Brother Loves and Hurts Doodle” Why do people always hurt the ones they love? In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, there was a boy, Brother, who had a little, disabled brother, William Armstrong. As the little boy grew up his older brother was getting more and more embarrassed by him, so one day he decided to teach him how to do “normal” boy things. One day when the family was together the little boy spotted a Scarlet Ibis, a very rare bird in the Carolinas area, but later it…

wishes Doodle would be able to do things with him, and constantly denies that Doodle is unable to complete tasks. Therefore, he continues to push Doodle to succeed. By narrating in first person, it makes the reader feel as if they are the ones pushing Doodle. “It seemed so hopeless that it's a miracle I didn't give up. But all of us must have something to be proud of, and Doodle had become my something.” (Hurst,2000,p.1). In addition to first person narration making the reader want Doodle to…

named Doodle, born with a medical condition. However, we find out that the narrator, Brother, is the one that feels embarrassed by Doodle's condition. Throughout, the story Brother helps and sometimes even pushes Doodle to his limits to overcome his disability for his own selfish reasons. As the story continues, Brother tries to fill the irreplaceable hole in his heart caused by his own ego and shameness towards Doodle. Brother is constantly reminding Doodle about his disability, making Doodle…