A woeful end to One’s pride. Filled with so much pride and ashamed of a physical limitations, of his brother(Doodle), the unnamed narrator, taught his crippled brother how to walk and wanted him to do things normal kids do. But that changed when he left him behind to die in a storm. Some act of pride can only lead us to woeful end. The narrator was so desperate to help his brother walk as he was ashamed of his physical limitations. Once his brother doodle started walking. He started to “believe in “ his “own infallibility” he was now ready to teach him a “terrific development program” doodle, would try to keep up with his brother’s numerous activities just to please him ,but died after being abandoned in a storm. For instance, the narrator …show more content…
His desire to fulfil this wish resulted in the death of his brother at a young age. The Narrator has already done well his brother walk. Since he was so selfish and with so much pride, teaching his brother how to walk was not enough for him. He wanted more out of doodle even if it meant for his brother to die at a tender age. No one is infallible. Specifically, too much pride can lead to bad outcome. The unnamed narrator did so so much to prove to his parents and others around him that he was his brother’s keeper. He pretended to be nice unknown to his parents for instance he stated “there is within me(and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty born by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at time I was mean to doodle.” Right from the beginning, we know the unnamed narrator’s gut feelings against his brother. He only tried to be nice so that he can fulfill his selfish ends. He showed him a coffin that was mean for him if he died young. He compared him to the scarlet ibis after abandoning him in the storm. Doodle was not meant to live long. His brother used him because he was worried that he might bring shame to his
It is the narrators fault for doodles death out of pride forcing him to walk, taking his strength away when his parents told him he was fragile , and he was cruel to him in many ways. The first reason why the author is to blame for doodles death, is because when Doodle turned 5, he forced Doodle to learn how to walk. Even though it sounded like a good idea at the moment, he just helped Doodle because he didn’t want to be embarrassed when school started. In the story the narrator says “When Doodle was five years, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age, that couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him.
Doodles brother is responsible for the death of his own brother. Three big reasons that led me to believe this is that he always wanted doodle gone from the beginning, he was ashamed and very embarrassed of having a disabled brother, and that he only helped doodle for his own personal benefit. All of those show why he left his brother in that storm to die. From doodles birth his brother never liked him or cared about him and wanted him gone. One example is “i began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”
It's the narrators fault for the following reasons: he was selfish, he was embarrassed of him, and he pressured him. The narrator was being selfish as he admitted that he did it for himself because he was ashamed of Doodle being crippled. Doodle looks up to his brother and would do anything for his approval. The narrator knows that his brother's heart is weak, forces Doodle
So this why I think the narrator's intentions were true a first then later it became for his own satisfaction. If he accepted for who he was and not what the narrator wanted maybe he still would have been alive till this date. It's also true that if it wasn’t for the narrator doodle wouldn’t be able to walk but at least he would be
In addition to teaching his crippled brother how to walk, the narrator “prepares a terrific development plan for [Doodle] in which he teaches his brother how “to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight”;
The expectations of Doodle's family and society that he should be normal and physically capable led to his brother's insistence on teaching him how to walk, even if it meant pushing Doodle beyond what he could handle. Doodle's inability to walk is not something he believes in himself; rather, it is a limitation imposed on him. In this case, the pressure set to meet societal
Doodle had never been able to walk like normal kids his age and the fact that his brother helped him means a lot to him. One day, while Doodle and his brother were on a walk, they started to feel the rain. In minutes, they realized that they were in the middle of a terrible storm, Doodle’s brother, being as scared as he was, began to run back home. Doodle noticed and started to run after him. Doodle could barely walk, let alone run through the storm.
The narrator's pride got the best of him after Doodle could walk and had shown their family. This was when the narrator became arrogant and started to believe he could get Doodle on the 'level' he's supposed to be at. The brothers decided to up his progress by having Doodle go through a rigorous program which included swimming, rowing, climbing trees, and fighting. One day, the narrator and Doodle went to Horsehead Landing to continue Doodle's progress at being like the other children. The narrator made Doodle swim and later, row against the tide, back to the landing.
Brother is ashamed of Doodle’s disability because Doodle isn't like other boys. Brother is trying to make Doodle as normal as possible so that other kids don't bully them. So, Doodle is taught to walk by Brother. Brother says, “I was embarrassed of having a brother that age
The narrator has already proved shame in having a “crippled brother” and having self-centered motives for teaching Doodle how to
“He was born when I was six, from the outset, a disappointment”. (Hurst, 350) from the moment Doodle was born he was viewed as not good enough for the narrator. The narrator had longings of what a brother would be like, when his new brother was physically incapable to live up to his desire he tried to change him out of pridefulness. Embarrassment and pride were the only reasons that Doodle was taught to walk, not because the narrator thought he was able. “Shut up, I’m not going to hurt you, I’m going to teach you to walk” (Hurst, 354) Doodle’s disability was not something he could ‘fix’, and on account of his brothers ego, Doodle was pushed too far, thus ultimately he could be pushed no
Eventually the narrator taught Doodle to walk, then decided to teach Doodle other abilities that would make Doodle be considered “Normal.” The narrator was so engrossed in this task that he did not notice that Doodle could not keep up. “I made him swim until he turned blue and row until he couldn't lift an oar. 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.”
Losing Doodle “It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love over your pride. ”(Unknown) Pride is a powerful thing. It can kill and raise up, it can keep you from admitting your wrong.
Given all the evidence in the story there’s no doubt about it that Doodle’s death was because of his brother’s dislike for him, self-pride, and decisions when Doodle needed his brother most. The Narrator is responsible for his brother, Doodle's, death because he never really liked him to begin with. William Armstrong (Doodle) was born a disabled child when the narrator was 6 years old. The narrator was wishing for a brother that he would be able to do things with and have fun with, but when the narrator was
Brother put lots of his time, effort, and care into Doodle even though "It's a miracle [he] didn't give up" (Hurst). His efforts showed the pride he had, or at least wanted to have in his younger sibling; even if it was rooted in selfishness. Pride is what motivated Brother to help him, though he wished it was his family which gave him the grit to always push Doodle to success. Brother