How Did Don T Doodle Teach His Brother

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

The narrator, Brother, tells the story of Doodle, his brother, and his childhood with all his disabilities; starting off by telling about Doodle when he was a baby and toddler, about how he could not do much for himself for a long time, but eventually learns to crawl. He soon moves onto when Doodle got a little older and Brother would have to take him everywhere he went and how the two would take on the mission of teaching Doodle to walk; they spent almost everyday out in the woods making Doodle stronger and stronger. On Doodle’s sixth birthday, they showed the family what he could do;

In the book The Scarlet Ibis Doodle is born not being able to walk and his brother is ashamed of him and embarrassed. He decided to teach his little brother doodle so he wasn't made fun of when he went to school. Thanks to his brothers selfishness he learned to walk. Instead of having to push doodle around with him they could pass a ball around and play games.

"When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk, so I set out to teach him" (597). Brother didn't teach Doodle to help him, he did it because he was embarrassed. When Doodle finally showed his family that he could walk, Brother cried when everyone praised him for showing him how to walk. Brother felt guilty for knowing that he did it because he had so much pride and was so embarressed, He did it for

Doodle’s brother is one of the characters that illustrates the journey to obtain joy. The author uses imagery to show the brother’s joy as he states, “However, one afternoon as I watched him, my head poked between the iron posts of the foot of the bed, he looked straight at

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

He made doodle walk even though he didn’t have the physical ability. He made Doodle run through the storm which overworked his body. Brother made him show he was capable of doing things like other kids, so Brother wouldn’t be embarrassed.

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

Ever since Doodle was a baby, he had been deliberately trying to make himself crawl, walk, and run. If you laid him on his stomach when he was two, he had push himself right back up, turning a hot red, then a plum purple, and sooner or later he would plummet back onto the bed. “Finally (it was his third winter), and we brought him out of the front bedroom, putting him on the rug before the fireplace. For the first time he became one of us” (Hurst 345). He is showing that Doodle was not letting defeat get to him, despite others giving up on him. Even though Doodle could crawl, he still could not walk. His brother decided to help him, but not for Doodle’s sake. For his sake and his reputation. He was to abashed to be around him in public. He took

The dysfunctionality in Doodle and his brother’s relationship began when Doodle was born with a disability. Despite Doodle being a miracle baby, his brother feels embarrassed of his brother’s disability. Doodle’s Brother always tries to cause Doodle pain and traumatized him by making him touch his coffin and other such terrible things. He made Doodle go above and beyond his limits by forcing Doodle to “run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight.” inspite of Doodle’s disability (4 Hurst). He only does this for his own selfishness and wish to not have a disabled brother. Doodle was considered to be a burden, even after he learned to walk for the happiness of his elder brother. Doodle always trusted and believed his brother. On the other hand, Doodle’s Brother always felt Doodle was nothing more than a burden. When he tries to run away from his responsibilities, he ends up killing Doodle. Doodle’s loyalty and faith in his brother was not reciprocal by his brother . Doodle trusted his brother blindly but his brother’s hateful emotions towards him cause their relationship to be destroyed. The narrator showed false loyalty and pride for Doodle and allowed his selfishness to destroy their

He wasn’t able to walk until he made himself determined to do it for himself and everybody else.Doodle was very determined at figuring out how to walk the narrator even said: “Finally, after many weeks of practicing, he stood alone for a few seconds”(419). He practiced for many weeks just to be able to stand for a few seconds alone.The narrator realized how hard doodle practiced and tried, then stated: “With success so imminent, we decided not to tell anyone until he could actually walk”(419). This shows that he practiced more even after he could stand so he could learn to

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

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

Doodle’s family alienated him from the start and that is his most profound fear. Doodle’s brother the narrator at first found great difficulty in bonding with Doodle. The narrator only wanted a normal brother that could do all the activities that he enjoyed doing. The narrator ashamed of having a brother who was not all there began training Doodle. The narrator would take Doodle everyday to Old Woman Swamp where he would train Doodle to walk and eventually run (Hurst 16). At the start the narrator blackmailed Doodle with the threat of leaving him if Doodle could not complete the tasks at hand. The fear of Isolation in Doodle swayed the choices he made. As Makenna Berry states “Existentialism is not just about being alone, it includes the concept that we do not want to be alone”(Berry 25). Berry also continues to discuss how we as humans seek others as outlets. We need communities because they help ease the anxiety associated with life and meaningless (Berry 26). Doodle in his path of life seeks the love and affection of others because he too struggles with the feeling

Older siblings feel obligated to take authority over their younger siblings. The narrator took the responsibility of teaching Doodle to develop into an ordinary boy; however, he supports Doodle out of selfishness. With this in mind, the narrator changes Doodle’s name from “William Armstrong” to Doodle because he believes Doodle is not strong enough to have that name. He believes “William Armstrong” only “sounds good only on a tombstone,” (595) so changing Doodle’s name was the kindest thing he could have done. Likewise, the narrator selfishly disobeys the doctor’s list of don'ts for Doodle because he doesn’t agree with Doodle’s limitations. In fact, the narrator hauls Doodle carelessly around cotton fields and whips him around corners on two wheels of the go-cart. As a result, the narrator decides to take the next step in teaching Doodle. As school approaches, Doodle falls behind on learning to run, swim, and climb. Therefore, the narrator decides to double his efforts and push Doodle even harder. “I made him swim until he turned blue and row until he couldn’t lift an oar. Wherever we