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Compare And Contrast The Sniper And The Scarlet Ibis

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In " The Sniper" and "The Scarlet Ibis" the protagonists have weird with their brothers. In the story "The Sniper" the protagonist shoots his brother who is on the opposite side of the civil war. The sniper has to shoot out an enemy vehicle but after lighting a smoke someone shoots at him. Then he shoots the person after tricking the enemy but the enemy turns out to be the brother. The second story " The Scarlet Ibis" is about a guy who is ashamed of his little brother. The little brother is born with a disability where he has trouble learning things. The big brother is ashamed because his brother can't walk when he is 5. The big brother spends months teaching him to walk. But then the kid dies and the big brother is sad though he was ashamed.

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