The Influence Of Pride, By Julia Mazzotti

In the the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James, Hurst shows his audience that self pride is a positive aspect in this story, it can help people get through difficult obstacles they have in life, but when people worry too much about their self pride it can lead to hurting others physically and mentally.

James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis” is about selfish pride and reveals that sometimes doing a good thing can be done for the wrong reasons as demonstrated by his use of symbolism. Specifically, Hurst’s use of Doodle suggests that the scarlet ibis is connected to him in many ways. James Hurst’s reference to the scarlet ibis is illustrated when the narrator sets out to teach Doodle to walk, “It seemed so hopeless from the beginning that it's a miracle I didn't give up. But all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and Doodle had become mine. I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” After teaching Doodle to walk the narrator has pride for being able to teach Doodle even though it didn’t seem possible at the beginning, but he is also filled with guilt because he had done something good for a bad reason.

In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis,” James Hurst indirectly characterizes the narrator as prideful and sadistic through his thoughts and actions, to convey the idea that an excessive amount of pride causes someone to be deceitful, and act for their own personal gain at someone else’s cost. The abundant amount of pride the narrator has blinds him, ruining his perspective of his brother, Doodle. “The Scarlet Ibis” revolves around the narrator reminiscing on his past memory of Doodle, his “invalid” younger sibling. The narrator longs for someone to run with, play with, and fight with; a brother to be proud of. However, the birth of a frail and severely disabled younger brother is a disappointment. The narrator’s pride along the storyline leads him further into believing in his own infallibility, after been emboldened by the success of Doodle.

“I did not realize then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” The narrator of the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, by James Hurst, showed very clearly that there are 2 different sides to pride.” The author s“There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” This is a quote from John C. Maxwell about good and bad pride. This topic of good and bad pride comes from the book “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. This book explains how having too much pride in one’s self can create a negative product, or a positive product, as shown by the character Doodle and his brother. This is a story that shows how two younger brothers both have a heap of pride in themselves and each other and eventually learn how it can affect a person. The author of “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, proclaims that “Pride is a wonderful, terrible thing” to own. He shows the reader this through the two main characters, Doodle and his

The allegory” The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is about a brother that killed his younger brother because of his pride.First, you should know his brother should not have pushed Doodle too hard. In my opinion, Doodle’s older brother should have let Doodle get better at his own pace not what he felt was right. Furthermore, Doodle’s older brother should just be happy that his brother is alive for the time being and not push him too hard because he will start school soon and is already having struggles in school. Therefore, I believe it teaches the lesson that too much pride is bad because it can kill someone very close to you and push them too hard too fast. If you push someone too hard they will not be the same and

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.

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.

While it is a common belief that pride is something innocuous or even positive, too much of it may cause a person to do something immoral or outright cruel. This is one of the many points James Hurst makes in his short story, “The Scarlet Ibis.” Set in a rural part of the southern US in the 1910s, the narrative follows a young boy and his disabled brother, “Doodle,” as Doodle tries to learn to walk, run, swim, and row from his older brother. Throughout the narrative, Hurst demonstrates a theme of how pride could be a terrible and cruel thing if abused through his use of characterization - developing the narrator/older brother’s character.

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