Why Does The Narrator Teach Doodle How To Walk

Doodle was persistent, since he was motivated and determined. In the story, it says, “Doodle, don’t you want to learn to walk? He’d nod his head, and I’d say, well if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never learn” (Hurst, 598). Being persistent and active played a big role in both of their lives. It isn’t implied that Doodle never gave up, but from what the brother said to keep trying instead of giving up, one may see that Doodle didn’t give up. If Doodle had given up, it would have meant that he would have never learned how to walk. The scarlet ibis traveled around, and it was strange, since it came out of nowhere, and

Being determined will help one overcome adversity.Take for example Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand.He played baseball which put him at disadvantage , but with the help of his parents and coaches.“"It was my parents, my coaches and teachers, literally pulling me to the side and saying you can do

Doodle’s brother taught him these things because he was tired of having a brother who couldn’t do anything. So he taught him, and he pushed Doodle harder and harder so that he didn’t have to deal with him. Showing his family that Doodle could walk, and Doodle’s brother realized what he could accomplish. Doodle’s brother continued to push him until one day, he pushed too hard. He knew a storm was coming, but hesitated at returning home because of Doodle’s failed attempts of running and walking. The brother recognized that a, “streak of cruelty within me awakened. I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind” (Hurst 117). This revealed the side of pride that resulted in death. That too much pride will fill you up, and you will keep continuing it until it

Doodle is characterized as sickly in the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”. The author writes,“When he was two, if you laid him on his stomach, he began to move himself, straining terribly.” (Hurst 464) Usually by the age of two kids have learned to walk. Doodle cannot even crawl because of how unhealthy and weak he is. Doodle’s brother complains, “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk…” (Hurst 466) Usually kids, by the age of five, can walk, unless they have some sort of problem. Doodle’s legs cannot hold him up because they are weak, so it takes a while for doodle to learn to walk.

The Narrator didn't help Doodle walk because he wanted to but because "...I did it for myself; that pride,whose slave I was,spoke to me louder than all their voices,and that doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother"(599). This proves that the Narrator is ashamed of his brother and is only helping him because he doesn't want to be embarrassed. He wantes Doodle to fit in at school and be able to keep up with the other kids. The Narrator always pushes him too far and even though he's helping Doodle do things the doctor thought he could never do he is also making Doodles health

Again, it is a continued attempt to try and coerce Doodle into thinking that he must learn to walk now before it is too late. Later on in the story, Doodle successfully learns to

Doodle, the handicapped boy, is mentally developed slower and is challenged to learn how to walk with the help of his brother, six years older than he is. Doodle's brother didn't want to take Doodle everywhere in a go-kart, so the both of them were determined to make Doodle walk by his birthday, and he does.

If you think about it, he never gave up on Doodle. They would go to Old Woman Swamp every day and work on Doodle standing up on his own. When he was finally able to stand up, he helped Doodle to walk. He was so proud when Doodle learnt to walk on his own, and so they decided to surprise their parents at dinner one night. They were so happy that they all started crying tears of joy. He felt so accomplished that he decided that he was going to teach Doodle to run and swim as well. “ I would teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight” the narrator said, (Page 356). Even though Doodle did not think he could do these things, he pushed up his confidence ,and he told Doodle that he could learn to run and walk. He was also trying to Protect doodle by teaching him to do these things ,so he would not be made fun of when he went to school. Even though Doodle’s brother was being selfish by teaching him to walk, swim and run, he was also teaching him because he loved his

However, surviving means constant care and not being able to walk. His condition is delicate, and any kind of physical overexertion could kill him. Doodle eventually becomes the responsibility of the narrator. Abhorring having to drag him around constantly, the narrator decides he will teach his brother to walk. He pushes Doodle everyday, until one day he learns to walk.

This shows that he has the ambition to teach him to walk, regardless of physical disadvantages. After that,he “would to teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight.”(469) This shows that he is ambitious enough to teach Doodle to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight, regardless of his physical disabilities. Lastly, he says that “The excitement of our program had now been gone for weeks, but we kept on with a tired doggedness.”(471) This shows that he’s ambitious he enough to continue training Doodle, even though they were getting tired of

Doodle is incapable of being as active as the narrator. “Everybody thought he was going to die- everybody except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him.”(-pg. 1) Doodle was born with health condition that make him weaker and incapable of extreme activity. The narrator continued to push him beyond what he could do. “When he was two, if you laid him on his stomach, he began to move himself, straining terribly.”-(pg.2) Doodle couldn't run because if he fell, he wouldn't be able to get up and he would begin straining terribly, but this didn't stop the narrator from forcing him to run and do everything he wanted him to do. “Crawling backward made him look like a doodlebug, so I began to call him Doodle, and in time even Mama and Daddy thought it was a better

As we see he goes harder on Doodle pushing him over his limits, as shown here “Wherever we went, I purposely walked fast, and although he kept up, his face turned red and his eyes became glazed. Once, he could go no further, so he collapsed on the ground and began to cry.” on (Hurst 357). It is not good to push the limits too much because you can end up hurting someone.Hurting someone isn’t the best way to teach someone how to walk, as said before you can’t push someone off their limits and even if you do push the limits do it little by

Another event that demonstrate how excessive pride can lead to one’s downfall is how the narrator taught Doodle how to walk. The narrator taught Doodle to walk because he wanted a normal brother and didn’t want to be carrying him around. In addition, the narrator taught Doodle to walk for himself, not Doodle.   An event that also demonstrates the theme toward the end of the story is, “The knowledge that Doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened.

In the passage, the Narrator was very brutal. The Narrator’s “bitter cruelty came back to {him} while {he} was running away from the storm leaving Doodle behind.” Also, Doodle has some conditions including a weak heart, disabilities, and he is paralyzed. Which, Narrator didn’t show compassion towards. The Narrator taught Doodle how to walk but in the worst way! He taught him how to walk because he was embarrassed that he had a brother that couldn’t walk at age five. In the passage the Narrator was embarrassed, “When Doodle was five years old, {he} was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk, so {he} set out to teach him.” (Hurst 2) The narrator felt self-contious because of Doodle’s disability of

Another reason is the narrator pushed Doodle too hard so Doodle can fit what he wanted as a brother. He wanted to get Doodle to walk so he can fit in with the other