The Scarlet Ibis Brother's Greed Quotes

On page 350, Brother tries to train Doodle to be able to keep up with the other kids at school. “School was only a few weeks away, and Doodle was far behind schedule … 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. ‘Aw come one Doodle,’ I urged. ‘You can do it. Do you want to be different from everybody else when you start school?’ ‘Does it make any difference?’ ‘It certainly does,’ I said.” page 350. This quote shows that Brother isn’t just afraid for himself. Brother is afraid for Doodle as well. Brother wants Doodle to fit in at school, knowing that the other kids at school could be cruel to Doodle because of his disabilities. Later in the story, after Brother pushes Doodle far beyond his limit causing him to die, he regrets what he did Doodle. “I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar. ‘Doodle!’ I screamed above the pounding storm, and threw my body to the earth above his. For a long, long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.” pg 354. This quote shows that Brother cares about Doodle and loves him, because seeing Doodle die made him feel very sad and guilty about how he pushed Doodle far beyond his limit, leading to

"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

Oscar Wilde once said, “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live” and this quote perfectly represents the “The Scarlet Ibis.” The Scarlet Ibis is a tale of selfishness that leads to the harsh, cutting guilt of death. The narrator of the Scarlet Ibis is a selfish child, who pushes his special needs brother, Doodle, to his furthest limits. Teaching Doodle to run, the narrator and his brother are caught in a furious storm. This storm leads to the narrator making the ultimate sacrifice, leaving his brother to fend for himself in the storm. Leaving the narrator to deal with the consequences of his actions, Doodle eventually dies a tragic death. Abandoning his

Brother from the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is motivated by his pride. Brothers pride is motivated to help Doodle walk. Brothers pride pushed Doodle to do good things such as walk but also bad because it pushed him to a breaking point where he couldn’t go further and eventually died. “I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” (Hurst 3) Brothers pride is what’s keeping him going. Brother teaches Doodle how to walk because of his pride. The bad side of pride is he didn’t do it out of the kindness of his heart. The whole story is wrapped around Brothers pride. “They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride, whose slave I was…” (Hurst 3) This quote explains

Brother was guilty for Doodles death because of his pride. Brother taught Doodle how to walk and thought to himself "... I did it for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle only walked because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother " (599). While Brother was teaching Doodle how to walk he was also hurting him. Brother would lift Doodle up and just let him fall to the hard ground. Doodle had weak legs and he could have broken a bone. Although learning to walk hurt really bad, Doodle wanted to make his brother proud. Many thought that Brother was helping Doodle but in reality he was slowly killing him.

Brother is ashamed of his crippled little brother and does not want his pride to be hurt by embarrassment. After Doodle showed his family he can walk, Brother was in deep thought thinking, “They did not know I did it for myself...Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother” (347). Brother is even aware of his selfishness and boldly admits it, to himself. Brother was clouded by the shame and pride he’d been living in to see that Doodle desperately needed to walk for himself. Brother’s reputation was apparently more important than doing the right thing for the right cause. Another moment that reveals Brother’s selfish side is right after Doodle had failed to swim in the water. During the storm, Doodle had fallen and Brother left him there. “For a long, long time, it seemed forever, I lay there, crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis…” (354). This moment ties back to how Brother completely ignored all of Doodle’s risk factors and how fragile he is. Brother was only focused on Doodle’s failed swimming and his future school life humiliation. Throughout the whole time Brother had invested teaching Doodle new things, Brother has never really forgotten his true motive behind all of it. The selfishness of Brother lead to him ultimately letting Doodle

Doodles brother was very selfish throughout the story. He had a crippled brother that could not walk,so he was embarrassed by him. “When Doodle was 5 years old, I was embarrassed at having brother of that age who couldn’t walk” James Hurst page 353. Since he was so embarrassed to have a crippled brother, he was selfish enough to teach him how to walk. He would take doodle to the Old woman swamp everyday and teach him how to stand up, then walk. His mom would make him take Doodle with him wherever he went and he hated that. He would have to pull his brother in a wagon everywhere he went which made him feel

Brother even said, “Doodle walked only because, I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” Technically Brother helped Doodle learn how to walk, but not in the right way. He helped him only because he was embarrassed for people to see that his brother couldn’t walk. Brother was so embarrassed of his brother being crippled that Brother had to teach him to walk before school started. On top of Brother being embarrassed and Brother not loving Doodle, he also pushed his brother closer to death than he already

Both the scarlet ibis and Doodle were delicate, weak, and unable to survive. The narrator became determined to teach Doodle to walk which allowed Doodle to become stronger. As the story progresses, the narrator feels the need to push Doodle more in order to make him like everyone else. The second insight to the scarlet ibis and selfish pride is when Doodle dies because the narrator pushes him too far and after realizing Doodle is dead the narrator says, “I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar. "Doodle!" I screamed above the pounding storm and threw my body to the earth above his. For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.” The narrator's pride came in the way and caused Doodle’s death. The narrator was proud of being able to achieve something that no one believed would be possible and got carried

There is a very powerful conflict in the book about Brother’s treatment of Doodle. The quote earlier in the second example shows the root of this problem. He states; “Doodle only walked because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother” (559). His actions are further explained when he narrates; “There is within me ( and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, as much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of destruction” (557). This internal struggle causes an emotional power struggle within Brother. On page 563, the boys have a falling out over how hard Brother is pushing Doodle in order to be ‘normal’ for school’, with the quote directly quoting pride “they don’t speak (what words can solder stolen pride?)” (563). The heinous action that triggered the falling out was Doodle falling over from physical exhaustion after being pushed to the limit of his body and shoved a little more. Brother acts as though Doodle’s physical failing directly affects him. Due to the behaviors seen in the former two examples, Brother and Doodle’s pride is seen through conflicts with each

In the book “The Scarlet Ibis”, Brother is portrayed as Selfish, Mean, and Guilty. Doodle, his brother, was born very sick, everyone thought he would die. Doodles parents gave him the name “ William Armstrong” but brother renamed him Doodle because no one will ever expect something great from a boy named Doodle. Brother wanted someone that he could play and have fun with, well when the information given to him that his brother would never be healthy enough to play with him he decides to start a plan to kill him by smothering him with a pillow. Later on in the story Doodle gets old enough to where he can talk and he tells brother to take him outside, when brother takes him outside he takes him to the barn to show

That is why “Brother” says at the beginning “I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk” and after “They didn’t know that I did it just for myself, that Doodle walked only because

When he reaches Doodle in the pouring rain, he is curled up and seems to have had a heart attack. This is the first time readers see Brother showing love, compassion, and care towards his brother. The narrator explains, “His little legs bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin”(183). Not only emotionally, but Brother also begins to physically see the weakness of Doodle and what he has been doing to him this whole time. Until this moment, Brother’s eyes have never been opened to who Doodle really

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

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