The Scarlet Ibis

“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is a bitter story about the conflicts between love and pride. When Brother says, “pride is… a seed that bears two vines, life and death,” he means that it's what caused Doodle to have a chance at a normal life but die trying to get there. When Brother finally succeeds in teaching Doodle how to walk, there is an sudden connection between the two, “He stood alone for a few seconds...I grabbed him in my arms and hugged him, our laughter pealing through the swamp,”…

People often have pride in themselves, someone or something. Pride can be a wonderful thing and push someone to be all they can be but it also can be a destructive force. How can pride be a destructive force? In James Hurst’s short story, The Scarlet Ibis, Brother is innocent of Doodles death because he teaches his brother Doodle how to walk, and he becomes proud of Doodle. Brother is a seven year old boy with an infant brother Doodle. The doctors told him that he would never be able to walk.…

The Scarlet Ibis Argument Essay Some people are selfish in such a way that they only affect themselves, but others’ selfishness can hurt those they care about. In the story, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, brother was one whose selfishness not only affected him, but everyone surrounding him, especially his brother, Doodle. Doodle was not like most kids, he had physical disabilities that were not hard to miss if one was looking at him. Brother didn’t want Doodle to be different, he wanted him…

Pride is good in moderation, but in excessive amounts, it could lead to tragedy in the lives of those in its path. “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is a short story about a boy and his unhealthy relationship with his brother Doodle. Throughout the course of the story, narrator treats Doodle harshly until one day, he was no longer there. One apparent theme in “The Scarlet Ibis” is too much pride can lead to regret, which is shown by the consequences of the narrator’s actions. In the story, the…

Brothers always give each other hard times. But the narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” has taken it too far. The narrator is a bad brother to his younger, disabled brother, Doodle. The narrator was a bad brother because he was selfish, cruel, and pushed Doodle too far to make him a “normal” kid. One way that I know the narrator of the story is in fact a bad brother is that, he was selfish and only cared about his benefit from it all. The narrator was selfish because, although he taught Doodle to…

Throughout literary history, authors have utilized symbolism and figurative meaning to convey the true meaning of their work as a whole. A notable example of this relationship can be found in The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst. Written in 1960, The Scarlet Ibis illustrates the story of two brothers and their tragic relationship. Over the course of the story, Brother teaches Doodle to walk, something that Doodle was never expected to be able to do. However, Brother’s cruelty toward Doodle grows over…

The Scarlet Ibis My paper is on “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. This short story was published in 1960 by the Atlantic Monthly. James made this story to entertain his readers and to instill into their heads that no matter how bad something is it has worth. And that having to much pride can hurt others more than you know. And these themes will show in the middle and end of the short story when they see the Scarlet Ibis. This story has no factual connection to the life of James Hurst because he…

Are you selfish or selfless? In the short story, ‘The Scarlet Ibis,’ by James Hurst, has a main character named Brother who is both selfish and selfless. In the short story, Brother wanted to teach his brother, Doodle, to walk and sometimes he pushed him a little too hard because he was embarrassed he had a brother that couldn’t walk. Brother’s selflessness and selfishness throughout the beginning, middle, and end of the story help prove the theme that you should always be there for your family.…

The Scarlet Ibis was a story about a boy who had a brother with a disability. I enjoyed many parts of the story. When the boy was born his brother named him Doodle because he crawled backwards. Everyone thought at first that the boy was going to die except for Aunt Nicey she said “He would live because he was born in a caul and cauls were made from Jesus’s nightgown.” . Doodle did not die, instead his brother decided to make him stronger. Everyday he would take him and work with him on learning…

Have you ever had a time where you have followed through on your pride and succeeded with a goal? Was is morally beneficial or was it for your own good? James Hurst, who wrote the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” has laid out information with pride. Pride with an impact can be plenty wonderful or terrible, but generally pride tells us who we are and how we can improve with ourselves. Pride can be wondrous in many ways which might not be as conspicuous, for Brother he has demonstrated the good…