Scarlet Ibis And The Sniper: A Literary Analysis

¨At six years old, when his brother is born, the narrator tells the reader that from the first, Doodle was "a disappointment." When he learns that Doodle is possibly mentally and physically challenged, the narrator begins his plan to kill his brother; however, his plans are soon discarded after Doodle smiles at him¨. (James Hurst) The main conflict of "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst is Brother's inability to deal with Doodle's disabilities.

"What are the words that can solder cracked pride?" Have you ever had cracked pride? Or maybe you have just had a bad stormy day. Maybe you have just had bad luck.In the short story “Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Doodle, the narators brother, happens to have one of those bad stormy days. The narrator and his brother had a close relationship, however his brothers disability makes him feel ashamed of himself and his brother. Doodle was born in a small, bland house, surrounded by fields and swamps. Doodle was one of the few disabled babies to make it in the times that the family lived, due to the lack of medical knowledge. The narrator is embarrassed of his brother from the beginning of his life due to his disability. In the beginning of the

In the tragic story “The Scarlet Ibis”, two young boys growing up during the great depression are met with challenges., especially that one of the boys (doodle) can’t walk. Due too Doodles disabilities his older brother becomes embarrassed,and selfish.

Can pride kill the people others love and cherish? In the story "' the scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst, the Brother knew that doodle should not go through strenuous work and he ignored the rule many times before Doodle died. Brother didn't teach Doodle all those things to help Doodle become more normal, he was doing them for himself. Brother didn't want to have a brother that was disabled from the things that he liked to do. After Doodle died Brother realized that he had been pushing Doodle too far for his own good.

In The story “The Scarlet Ibis” By: James Hurst, the narrator is a kid who is never named. The Armstrong’s lives in the country, near a swamp and the ocean, and that he’s six when his little brother, Doddle is born. Now, the younger brother, William Armstrong, is born with some disabilities and disadvantages. Fear that his mind is damaged as the body. The Family is so down on the little child that his father builds a coffin for him, just when his time is up. Doodle has an accident which leads to death, in which his older brother is to blame. He is blamed for his death because he pushed his brother too hard to do things that were too difficult and not listening to him when doodle didn’t want the help.

The narrator in The Scarlet Ibis says,”I did not know then that pride is... a seed that bears two vines,life and death” (#1). The narrator's actions towards his brother,Doodle, show that he is consumed by pride. In this story pride ruined the narrator's perspective of his brother.

According to Karl A. Menninger, “Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” In “Scarlet Ibis”, Brother and Doodle shared a special bond by the activities and lessons Brother taught Doodle. Brother out of love taught Doodle how to walk, run, and jump even though Doodle was never supposed to be able to do any of those activities. Doodle recieved Brothers love through his actions and Doodle grew in his abilities. In “Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Brother feels love, pride, and guilt for how he treated his brother Doodle.

“It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable,”(1). Says the narrator as he contrives to kill Doodle in “Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst. William Armstrong, known as Doodle, brother of the narrator. His family first thought he would pass away soon after birth. Later, Doodle surprised everyone by learning to walk. The narrator’s pride helps and hurts his brother.

“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is a story about two brothers, one who had physical and mental disabilities and wasn’t able to do most things that other kids his age could do. Brother would constantly try to make Doodle “normal” by forcing him to do things that he wasn’t supposed to be doing, all because he didn’t want to have a brother who was different. One night during a hurricane Brother and Doodle were running home and Doodle couldn’t catch up so he ended up getting left behind and shortly died. Brother is responsible for Doodle’s death because in the story he admits that he tried killing Doodle before, and he was always rude to him.

Pride, as defined in the dictionary as, “the happy satisfied feeling somebody experiences when having or achieving something special”. Our pride can be sabotaged by our own selfish emotions, and this occurred in the book The Scarlet Ibis. Big Brother’s pride drug him down but also motivated him. Pride is part of the main theme of The Scarlet Ibis, and the entire theme is, “Pride is a wonderful terrible thing, a seed that bears to vines, life and death.” Finally, The Scarlet Ibis tells us about ourselves and our own pride. Pride can be written well in stories, but it also does happen to us in real life.

Is Doodle destined to die? It seems from the time William Armstrong also known as Doodle, as his brother renamed him, was born he was on a path to die. He was born with physical deformities to the level his father built him a coffin and thought he was sure to die. Being born with these deformities already makes Doodle different, while his brother only helps him walk for his own pride because he is ashamed of having a crippled brother. In the story "The Scarlet Ibis" written by James Hurst the narrator, Doodle's brother realizes his brother is born an outset from their family. The narrator resents Doodle from being different and having physical restrictions when he was born. His brother pushes him to do the things the doctor and his mama

In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” there are two main characters throughout, Doodle and his older brother. The entire setting of the story was based around Doodle’s brother, when he comes back home, he remembers Doodle, and how he blames himself for Doodle’s death. Doodle’s older brother; though not mentioned how old he is, and where he is now; is portrayed as a mean, naive teenager, who ¨killed¨ his younger brother, but he is still just a teenager. Majority who have read the story, have different perspectives/opinions about the characteristics of the brother. The author, James Hurst, of the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” uses social qualities and moral qualities to prove the character of Doodle’s brother, is caring, insecure, and very driven.

The definition of the word selfish is, “One lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure.” In the story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurt, the narrator is extremely selfish. The narrator has a brother, Doodle, who is disabled. At birth, Doodle is very frail and he is unable to walk or do normal activities. This causes the narrator to become selfish, which creates pain in his and his brothers future.

There is danger of not accepting somebody for who they are and desiring to make them into what another person thinks they should be. In “The Scarlet Ibis,” Brother does not accept Doodle for who he is. Doodle has a disability and Brother was embarrassed to have him as a brother. We know this as a reader because in the text, he said, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him.” This shows the reader that he does not want a brother with a disability, at all. The author hinted towards Doodle dying by having them build a coffin for Doodle. The short story says, “One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him

In The Scarlet Ibis, by James Hurst, Doodle is the narrator’s little brother who was born with a heart problem, was expected to die as an infant, and then became paralyzed. When Doodle was born, the narrator was about six years old and did not really care much for Doodle. He thought Doodle was an annoying little brother. Doodle would always hang around his older brother and his brother knew that he had to be safe when it came to Doodle. Because of Doodle’s heart condition, he was not able to be flipped upside down, he could not get scared or get too excited.