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An Analysis Of The Narrator In Doodle's Tale By Edgar Allen Poe

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Edgar Allen Poe describes the narrator as being very disappointed in Doodle. He was lonely being an only child and wanted a brother to play and be accompanied with. Unfortunately, he got a brother he didn’t want; it was like his brother was not “all there.” When Doodle was born, he had a big head with a tiny, red, shriveled up body. Unable to play, walk, or even stand, Doodle’s brother had to pull him around everywhere with a go-cart, which disappointed and embarrassed the narrator greatly. He was not happy having a disabled toddler as a brother, which led him to the unbearable thought of killing Doodle.

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