Compare And Contrast Thank You Ma Am And The Scarlet Ibis

Multiple times throughout this story the narrator attempts to leave Doodle scared and alone, and Doodle calls out to his brother, “Don’t go leave me, brother” (Hurst 418).This shows not only the dependency Doodle has on his older brother, but also the lack of empathy and care that he bestows on Doodle. When the older brother declares that he is going to teach Doodle to walk, his response is, “‘I can’t walk brother”’ (Hurst 418). This shows that, in the beginning, Doodle has little hope for himself, and that he based his accomplishments off of what others thought of him.

The second reason is the narrator knows he should have appreciated his brother more. Although Doodle did his best to make his brother proud, it was never good enough for the narrator. The narrator wanted to force him to be like a normal, healthy person. Once Doodle learns how to walk, the narrator is too swollen with pride and wants to teach Doodle to run, swim, and many other complicated tasks. The narrator should have valued Doodle more. It was already extraordinary that Doodle even got to walk. That should have been good enough for him. Unfortunately, the narrator kept on pushing him and pushing him.

Why do people hurt the ones they love? In the book “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst, there is a boy named Doodle and his brother, who is the narrator. The narrator tries to change Doodle. The characters have a big impact on the question, why we hurt the ones we love? Was trying to change Doodle the right thing to do?

The first case that characterization occurs is when the author shows the differences between the parents. For instance, the author explains “Her mother was sending a chauffeur to pick her up. Then tomorrow they would fly back to New York.” These narration quotes illustrate that the mom is very wealthy, since she is sending a chauffeur to pick her daughter up. The second part of the quote, suggests that the mother is proper, for being a city girl, as stated that they would fly back to New York. Another instance where the author uses characterization is when the mother states “Somebody gets a peach with a bug in it, and throws it away, he makes up a lot of foolishness.” Then the daughter snaps back with saying “It’s not foolishness.” These quotes show that the father impacts the daughter to see the good in everything, where previously the daughter states “Well, we’re not going to squash him, that’s one thing we’re not going to do.” This response refers to how the daughter does not see the bug as a horrible thing, but yet as a fascinating thing. The last instance of characterization occurs when the mother explains “But it is just a bug isn’t it really? That’s all it is.” The daughter replies with “And we have to squash it?” The mother answers with “That’s right.” This conversation illustrates that the mother influenced the daughter to grow up. She convinced the daughter that a bug is just a bug, and

Characters are a vital element of fiction; without them, a story falls apart because the readers are forced to only focus on its plot, setting, or other aspects of fiction. Characterization is the process in which the author describes the distinctive nature or features of a particular character. A character is often characterized by their own dialogue, actions, thoughts, appearance, and interpretation by the author or by other characters in the story. Through these methods, an author can really bring their characters to life for the reader. In “My Kid’s Dog,” Ron Hansen uses these methods to bring all his characters to life. He portrays the strained relationship an owner has with his ‘daughter’s’ pet dog, and the difficulties overcoming his hardships. Through methods of characterization, Hansen unveils the friction between the dad and the dog and allows the reader to empathize with them, incorporating humor throughout the story, as well.

Sometimes differences can even tare kin apart. Health, looks, and abilities can all result in this divide. James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis” portrays the relationship of between two brothers, Brother and Doodle and the diversities that they face with each other. To create this relationship and story Hurst uses literary elements; character, setting, and symbolism.

This causes the Narrator to be embarrassed of his brother and want to fix the issue by pushing him to learn to walk. This shows that he is being selfish because he's fixing an issue that may seem like he's benefiting Doodle, although this is true, he is really doing it for himself. Most people do not do, or try to do selfish things to people they know or love. This shows that the Narrator does not care or love Doodle and think he's annoying. At the end of the Story when Doodle dies, we see that the Narrator is very sad and want Doodle back. So he went from being selfish, using Doodle, and treating him badly to loving him and being mournful.This is clear change in the Narrator, further proving that he is a dynamic

First, brother is only teaching doodle to walk out of pride because he does want doodle being the only kid who can’t walk when he starts school, but doodle does it out of love because the brother is helping doodle walk even though at the age of 10/11 years he could rather play with friends but he cares about doodle enough to take the

The narrator throughout the story was ashamed that Doodle his brother was paralympic so he tried to help Doodle walk for the benefit of his self-esteem. For example, in the story, the narrator says,¨ They did not know that 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.” The narrator expressed himself to help his brother in the way that it would seem as if he is the hero, but he did it so that he wouldn't have to go through life with a paralympic brother. The narrator knew what he was doing was bad, but didn't care enough to make it all about Doodle.

At the beginning of the story, the narrator is displeased about his handicapped brother, as the narrator feels let down by his healthy sibling misfortune. One obvious signal of this mentality is the quote provided early in the story, as the narrator mentions “I made plans to kill him… he was a burden in many ways” (1,2). Although that statement may seem slightly exaggerated to the reader, it still does provide the reader an idea about the feelings that the narrator is demonstrating toward Doodle. However, rather than the narrator remaining eternally perplexed about his brother’s health condition, the narrator eventually decides to help his brother with his quest, and once he accomplishes this task, he explicitly showcases his feelings proclaiming “I cried, and he cried too… the grass beneath us was soft and the smell of the swamp was sweet” (3). As it is clearly stated, the collectiveness between accomplishing the goal was shared amongst both of them, as the descriptiveness of the swamp and grass further indicates this positive nature.

Characterization is an important component in short story writing. In the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" written by Roald Dahl, we are introduced to Mary Maloney, a pregnant housewife who recently found out that her husband is going to leave her. Mary develops into a very complex character as the events of the short story unfold. Mary is a typical housewife, waiting on her husband hand and foot. She loves him dearly, but as the short story unfolds, we see that he does not share the same feelings. Mary, unable to handle the rejection, lashes out and kills her husband. We then see Mary’s character transform before our eyes and the once loving, dutiful housewife becomes a very devious, manipulative and cold hearted character. She manages

The narrator had so much pride in helping Doodle that he couldn't help it by making Doodle get out of the woods alone.While claiming he did it cause he did not want a crippled brother, the narrator said that his cruel side kicked in which is what made him leave Doodle. He really didn't seem to care about the work he put in to helping this poor boy.The narrator had so much pride in Doodle that he made him do everything.The narrator pushed Doodle to do everything like row, run and swim which is the factor that killed Doodle because his body couldn't handle it all.The narrator was originally trying to help Doodle but for some reason meanness kicked in and he left doodle.After realizing doodle was not with him he went back to look for him. After finding Doodle dead under a tree, he realized that Doodle was never meant to be normal.

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

He’s tons more different in the interest of wanting to make Brother proud of him, no matter how hard he had to try. Even if he came close to dying. Doodle was always curious and he tried to live life to the fullest as much as he could. Which wasn’t a lot due to his heart condition. He additionally did stuff his brother always told him to do. There’s one thing that stood out to me in this story. Doodle never wanted Brother to leave his side. Sadly when Doodle dies, Brother left him alone in the storm. Brother left him in the storm after working Doodle too hard in the rowboat and then tried making him run home. After all that Doodle’s heart had worked too much and he passed away in the middle of the storm. When Brother finally realizes what he has done he goes back, but when goes back, Doodle was laying there dead. Brother cried while holding him in his arms, hoping he would come back to life. Sorrowfully Doodle didn’t and that was the end of the

The Narrator began to teach Doodle how to walk because he wanted to not carry him anymore. He also did it for his pride. He did not want to be embarrassed by a cripple brother.