Brotherly Love And Hate: The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

However, Doodle’s brother is also kind because he appreciated Doodle in his life and loved having him around. Doodle’s brother decided to teach Doodle how to walk because, at 5, Doodle could only crawl and this embarrassed his brother. As they progressed, Doodle accomplished standing and Doodle’s brother said, ”When he fell, I grabbed him in my arms and hugged him, our laughter pealing through the swamp like a ringing bell”(Hurst 558). Doodle’s brother wanted to be there for Doodle and would help him through the trials of his life. There is an abundant amount of meaning created here because it displays the bond between two people and the love they can share. A sense of joy is conceived and demonstrates how their relationship could have been in future years. Because Doodle’s brother wanted to become close with Doodle and bond with him like siblings in other families, he taught Doodle how to lie. Through his imagination, Doodle came up with a story about how he could marry his mom and how Doodle’s brother could marry his dad. Doodle’s brother explains, “Of course I was old enough to know this wouldn’t work out, but the picture he painted was so beautiful and serene, that all I could do was whisper Yes, yes”(Hurst 559). Doodle’s brother did love what Doodle could do and for what he brought into his life. As you can see,

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” love and pride war in Brother's motivations to help Doodle; his love encourages kindness, but his shame at Doodle's failings results in the cruelty that kills the younger boy. “It is,” I said. “And before I’ll help you down from the loft, you’re going to have to touch it.”

The dangers of cruelty in life ultimately overpower emotions and decisions of higher quality. Difficult decisions are made daily, and the compelling idea of satisfaction leads people to make choices for the sake of themselves. The emotions that potentially can happen because of those decisions are captivating, resulting in cruel outcomes. An author that portrays this idea through a character is James Hurst. In his work, “The Scarlet Ibis”, Hurst develops a relationship between two brothers using the idea that cruelty ultimately overpowers love. The brothers, Doodle and Brother, experience events that cause them to make valued memories, but also break close bonds. Through these experiences, Brother begins to accept his disabled brother, Doodle, for his limitations. Doodle has to be extremely cautious due to his disability, never letting an emotion or feeling become too strong. Some events lead Brother to show affection towards Doodle, but others prompt him to do just the opposite. Hurst uses Old Woman Swamp and the coffin as symbols in, “The Scarlet Ibis”, to assist in demonstrating the highs and lows of Brother and Doodle’s volatile relationship.

Brother’s attitude towards Doodle changes from loving to negative. For example, while Brother is reminiscing about the past, he says, “Doodle and I spen[d] lots of time thinking about our future. We [decide] that when

Is pride powerful enough to come between two brothers? "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst showes that the Narrator is thinking more about his own pride and less about his brother Doodle. He didn't like the facts that he would have a brother who wasn't all there or who is different from everyone else. Even when he showes Doodle how to walk he didn't do it to help Doodle but for his own pride. The Narrators pride taking over is what killed Doodle in the end and is why the Narrator is guilty of his brothers death.

The pride of one brother leads to a cousin’s demise. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis”, Doodle’s development of his body is irregular: He cannot walk, or do anything physical. Doodle and his mother live with his aunt, uncle, and his cousin; he considers his cousin as a brother, so he calls him brother. Though it is said the brother’s pride was the thing that killed Doodle, the parents’ way of parenting could have lead on to Doodle’s death.

Everyone who has a sibling knows what it feels like to have pride in him/her. However, sometimes people may experience too much pride in the wrong situations. “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst is a story written about the paradox of pride shown by two brothers. A young boy, Doodle, was born in a cual and hasn’t been able to do much. Doodles older brother finds this annoying which cause the other brother to want to change Doodle.

Brother feels love for his brother Doodle by training and engaging with Doodle in activities. Brother would spend several hours in a day training and working hard to make Doodle able to walk

We all gain pride once we are born. Pride is a feeling or a deep pleasure or satisfaction in one's achievement. People can be prideful for achieving something they never could accomplish. Sometimes it can be good but it can also be bad. People can be good at something in the moment it's happening.

Starting with the brother in "The Scarlet Ibis", his attitude towards Doodle is bitter, he is ashamed of him and attempts to disown him. "He was a burden in many ways. The doctor had said that he mustn't get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently. A long list of don'ts went with him, all of which I ignored once we got home." The brother thinks if he tries to improve Doodle's physical capabilities it will help him fit in with the other kids in Doodle's class. The brother keeps pushing Doodle every day and trying to improve his physical strength without caring about his physical health. He teases Doodle all the time he even showed Doodle his own casket. "One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die." The brother was unappreciative of Doodle he never realized how kind Doodle could be. However, Doodle idolizes his brother, he looks up to him but is afraid of his brother leaving him behind on their adventures. Doodle looked up to his brother for guidance and love while his brother did not accept him for who he was. Unlike his brother, Doodle was grateful to him and always helping him out even though that is not his

The short story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst takes place in the early 1900's. This book revolves around two brothers, one named Doodle, who is developmentally late, and the other, referred to as Brother, who is the elder of the two. Brother's emotions toward Doodle transforms from positive and affectionate to antagonistic and resentful because he is frustrated with Doodle's disability causing him to act with pride. Brother and Doodle first had a strong relationship, but it soon cracks under pressure.

In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, symbolism is found throughout the story. The provided passage is a primary example of this, including events and actions that are symbolic. Events in this passage are meant to be interpreted as something more than their literal meaning. The hurricane is symbolic of the narrator’s pride in Doodle. Both the hurricane and the pride could have done good things: the hurricane ending the drought, and the narrator’s pride helping Doodle grow to feel good about himself.

What is pride? Pride can mean multiple things. When I think of pride, I think that someone accomplished something and they are now prideful. Sometimes it can be,not bad but,not good. Pride can mean multiple things.

In “The Scarlet Ibis,” James Hurst, shows internal conflict in the narrator, demonstrating the theme that one’s pride for their family can corrupt them internally. The narrator never liked Doodle in the first place, nonetheless he begins to teach him, this made the narrator prideful of Doodle. In the middle of the story, “[he realized] that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” (7). This shows that the narrator has already realized that he is being affected by pride.

What does it mean to be human? To many people being human can mean different things, but it can be broken down into six main traits of shared humanity; relationships, loss, survival, choice, morality, and emotions. These specific traits are what make each individual human. All six traits play an important role in all humans live like shaping them into who they are and how they react to certain scenarios. These traits are used in film and literature to enhance the story and make it more interesting. This essay will be covering how the six main traits of shared humanity are shown in the novel How I live now by Meg Rosoff, short story the Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, and the film Waterboy.