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Brief Summary Of 'The Boy Who Lived'

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The Boy Who Lived
William Armstrong was born into a family of three and was given only a few days to live and they made a coffin for him and the main character was gonna smother him soon because he was starting to pull through. He started to pull through and he was given a go-cart for his brother to pull him along in because he couldn’t walk so they started calling him Doodle because William Armstrong was a good fit for a name. You should think about more people than yourself in situations because it could come back and bite you in the butt.

Don´t give up on someone because of their appearance or disabilities, never judge a book by its cover. The main character was born normal, and his brother Doodle was born with some kind of disability that …show more content…

Doodle had wanted to bury the bird in the yard but his parents and brother were looking and thinking of him weird because they didn’t understand what he felt or was thinking.The bird fell from the tree and Doodle went up to it and wanted to bury it his mom didn’t want him to touch it and his parents and brother didn’t know what to think because he was acting weird. But they just didn’t understand what he was feeling. They had said that red dead birds were bad luck which eventually turned up to be true with Doodle getting hurt in the storm because of his brothers selfishness. Concluding Sentence: Doodle getting hurt was all in a line with his brother only thinking of himself. You should think about more people than yourself in situations because it could come back and bite you in the butt.Doodle was born into the family and was only giving a few days to live and they had a coffin built for his death but he never died. Then his brother wanted to kill him

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