Appreciation In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

‘I won’t touch it,’ he said sullenly. ‘Then I’ll leave you here by yourself,’ I threatened, and made as if I were going down. Doodle was frightened of being left. ‘Don’t leave me, Brother,’ he cried” (2). This proves that Brother showing Doodle his casket was a heartless and cruel thing to do especially if Doodle is already having health issues and he hasn’t done anything to Brother that results in him treating Doodle that way. Brother implanted a fear of being left alone and the thought of death on Doodle, which shows that Brother was leading Doodle to think negatively at such a young age. Moving on, Brother explains the reasoning for why he was cruel

In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, James Hurst demonstrates that the confidence that comes with pride is an inspiration for growth, however, overconfidence can lead to one’s downfall. Despite a year of seemingly hopeless attempts to teach Doodle how to walk, Brother manages to persist because he has “[Doodle] to be proud of” (Hurst 419). Although Brother teaching Doodle how to walk was not altruistic, it was his pride that allowed it to happen in the first place. If Brother and Doodle did not have their pride to fuel their desire for success then they would have accepted what everyone else said about how Doodle would not be able to walk which even Doodle agreed with at first. Without pride, one would not have the inner desire for success

The family of Doodle knew that he would have a short life so they just kept Doodle in another room so they wouldn’t get attached to him. The older brother showed Doodle his casket and threatened to leave Doodle there which was harsh and unnecessary.

The only thing that the Brother wanted was a sibling with which he could play with. But when Doodle arrived all of his hopes were shattered. As a result, he makes Doodle pay for it on many occasions. He makes him touch his own casket that was laying in the lay loft being reserved for

The tragic death of Doodle is mourned by the entire family as he was very young at the time of his death. In the story "The Scarlet Ibis" a brother tries to teach his little brother to run, swim, walk, and all the other fun activities young children should get to enjoy. The little brother, Doodle, is crippled as he was from birth. Being in this crippled state makes it quite hard for Doodle to perform these activities, yet his brother pushes him beyond

From the start the Narrator didn't want a brother who wouldn't be able to do anything with him. He thought since the beginning what a disappointment Doodle had been and thinks about how "It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all their was unbearable,so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow"(595). This shows how the Narrator even when Doodle was born never really liked him and was even planing to kill him then. He would be very cruel to Doodle by telling him how everyone thought he was going to die and that he is different from everyone else. He also showes Doodle his mahogany casket and pushes him off the waggon so he wouldn't want to go wherever he went.

James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis” is about selfish pride and reveals that sometimes doing a good thing can be done for the wrong reasons as demonstrated by his use of symbolism. Specifically, Hurst’s use of Doodle suggests that the scarlet ibis is connected to him in many ways. James Hurst’s reference to the scarlet ibis is illustrated when the narrator sets out to teach Doodle to walk, “It seemed so hopeless from the beginning that it's a miracle I didn't give up. But all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and Doodle had become mine. I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” After teaching Doodle to walk the narrator has pride for being able to teach Doodle even though it didn’t seem possible at the beginning, but he is also filled with guilt because he had done something good for a bad reason.

Doodle’s family cared about him and wanted him to be the happiest and the best person that he could be. Even living with his condition, preventing him from living a “normal” life. When Doodle’s family discovered that he had learned to walk they were overwhelmed

Due to having a mental illness, Lennie is not seen the same in the society, and it ruins George's public image. George forces Lennie to be isolated to save his job. Since Brother has high expectations for Doodle, he pushes Doodle to do everything that a normal boy could do. He makes Doodle go through physical exertion for his own good. These ruthless actions of the caretakers to preserve their social image lead to the deaths of Lennie and Doodle. The pride and selfishness within the caretakers push them to turn into tyrannical leaders towards Lennie and Doodle. Both Lennie and Doodle are forced to fix themselves for their greedy caretakers. The pride and greed of the caretakers do not help Doodle and Lennie, but instead to maintain their own image, they “[do] it for [themselves] that pride whose slave[s] [they] [were]”(Hurst). Under the force of Brother, Doodle has to leave his normal body activity and impress his brother. Doodle is forced to make many types sacrifices to keep his reputation and his brother's reputation. Much of what Brother is doing for Doodle was for his own good, so then he will not look bad in the society. Although Brother knew that taking Doodle out of his comfort could harm him, he “was embarrassed of having a brother who could not walk”(Hurst 4) or give back to him. Brother always viewed Doodle

Throughout the story Doodle, a boy born with a caul over his head and a range of physical and mental problems, must combat his deepest and darkest fear, Isolation. When the narrator’s mother gave birth to doodle, his entire

Hurst wrote this story to tell us about his story and to get us to be happy for what we have, He was trying to convey to us that some things in life are very important even if you don't think they are.hurst talks lots about the little everyday things we do that his brother can't, like walking! Hurst states “within a few months Doodle had learned to walk.” he didn't start walking as a baby like us, he was as fragile as a glass vase. We take the little things like walking,swimming, crawling, biking, etc, for granted that's why hurst is trying to teach us that the things we can do other people might not be able to so we should be happy we can. Also we might hate having siblings so were mean to them.” much as our blood sometimes bears the seed

Most everyone thought that Doodle was going to die, “He was born when I was six and was, from the outset, a disappointment.” (paragraph 3, page 1. Hurst). However, there was one person who believed that Doodle was going to live; this was Aunt Nicey. When Doodle smiled at his brother for the first time, his brother got so excited because he started to believe that he was finally going to have

Doodle is a little different than everybody else. He was to everyone else a disappointment, he was small with a huge head and had red shriveled skin like an old man. He was small and weak that he could even walk until he was pushed like crazy. He was considered a crazy boy. He was super caring and nice to everything and everyone. He loved his Brother more than anything in the world. Doodle had no selfish cell in his body he would give a kidney for anyone

Though everyone was expecting that Doodle will die soon, even when his father made me a coffin "Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter; build a little mahogany coffin for him. But he didn’t die", Doodle lives. The leading character didn't like the idea of having an invalid brother who is not normal and can't be playing around with him, and do what he wants him to do.

The Narrator has always had strong opinions on Doodle. Ever since the day Doodle was born, the Narrator’s pride was much too high for having Doodle as a brother saying, “He was born when I was six and was, from the outset, a disappointment.” Not even giving his brother a chance to grow