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    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…

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    would only live a few hours, a couple of days, maybe a few months, certainly not 12 years! In the movie Simon Birch, Simon was born very small and weak. He proved the doctors and a lot of other people in town wrong. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Doodle was also born with a weak heart and was very small. It was a miracle that he lived. He would prove the doctors wrong when he learned how to crawl, walk, and eventually do sports. Both Simon and Doodle died by over…

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    “ Don’t let your emotions distract you from doing what needs to be done. Control your emotions or your emotions will control you.- unknown” These important words advise the universal themes present in two important short stories, The Scarlet Ibis, by James Hurst and All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. In Hurst’s short story, Younger brother Doodle was born with a handful of disabilities and disappointments. The narrator tried to teach his invalid brother to crawl, walk, and talk, due to his…

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    Who is the cause of Doodle’s death? Was is it his older brother or is it his parents. Can pride be a destructive force after reading the “The Scarlet Ibis”. I believe that the narrator is the cause of Doodle’s death and here are some reasons why. I have a couple of reasons why I believe the narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death. The first reason why I believe he is responsible for Doodle’s death is because he didn’t follow the list of don'ts that came with doodle. Some evidence I have to…

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    The short story written by James Hurst “ The Scarlet Ibis” elucidates that a selfish deed is not always bad. The story starts 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…

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    Innocence of Doodle’s brother In the book called Scarlet Ibis written by James Hurst, his brother Doodle was supposed to be dead. I said he was innocent that he was just merely a kid and really that it was his parents fault! Doodle’s older brother was a little rough but an innocent brother just wanting to climb ropes, row boats, and swim long distances with him, but his older brother did go to far with Doodle’s limits. His brother showed him love. Its says that he was licked, that he loved his…

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    Things may not turn out as well as some people have thought. This is the same in the short story of “The Scarlet Ibis,” written by James Hurst.(Brief Summary) This describes how a older brother has pushed his little brother way over his capabilities, and “kills” him. This narrative however has a well developed central message that of, people need to accept other people for who that are and not try to change them. (Thesis Statement) The textual support in this story is massive. (Topic…

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    Pride can be a very destructive force. In The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst suggests that the narrator is guilty of Doodle’s death because he never really liked Doodle. He always thought Doodle was a disappointment. I believe that the narrator was guilty because he didn’t like Doodle. He always seemed like he was kind of mad at him. One reason I say this is because it states that “So I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow” (345). That doesn't sound like brotherly…

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    A Scarlet Ibis is a bird that inhabits tropical South America and the islands of the Caribbean. The book “The Scarlet Ibis” is about a boy named Doodle who cannot run, jump, swim, walk, and a brother that does not accept him. The Golden Kite, and the Silver wind are about a Mandarin who does not accept that the neighboring city of his has a better wall than his own. The Mandarin then keeps changing the wall so that he is more preferable than the other town. “The Scarlet Ibis” by William Hurst…

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    story “The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst a young boy is born with an oversized head on a tiny body and is predicted to die within the first few months of life. Once he survives, his older brother makes it his goal to teach him how to walk, swim and many other normal humanly things so he would no longer have to be embarrassed of him. Throughout the story there are multiple techniques that Hurst uses in order to help the reader predict the outcome of the story. In The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst…

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