Find A Color Archetype And Document All Of The References To This Particular Color

1. A. Find a historical allusion. B. What significance does it have to the story?
A. “Of course, he wasn’t a crazy crazy like old Miss Leedie, who was in love with President Wilson and wrote him a letter every day, but was a nice crazy, like someone you meet in your dreams.“ (Hurst 2).
B. The Significance of this allusion is that it places when the events of this story happened in this case it happened during World War 1 during Present Wilsons term. Brother also insults Miss Leedie for sending letters to Present Wilson everyday showing some of his character.
2. A. Find one reference to weather (symbolic). B. What does the weather suggest?
A. ”Black clouds began to gather in the southwest, and he kept watching them, trying to pull the oars

The definition that is appropriate to the line is that it is a solid rock of stone, but, it also represents a tombstone for doodle.
4. A. Find a color archetype and document all of the references to this particular color. B. discuss this color archetypes meaning in the story.
A. “…with a tiny body which was red...”, “….turning first red, then a soft purple…” “…his face turned red and his eyes became glazed…”, “….It’s a great big red bird!” he called...” “…vase of red flowers…” “…Specially red dead birds...” “…beneath a red nightshade….” “…his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red…” “…I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red…” (Hurst 1-23)
B. This archetype symbolizes great passion, love, violence, and artistry. This also indicates blood which there is plenty of in this story. This also show a relation between the scarlet ibis, and Doodle.
5. A. Find another archetype, one that is not a color or a number. B. Define the archetype, give the example, and C. then make the connection.
A. Another archetype in the scarlet ibis is The Quest.
B. This archetype is the search for someone or something which, when found and brought back, will restore fertility to a wasted land. Life is restored to the way it should be or has been. This is the ultimate goal of the character. Example. Getting the droid plans to

The internal conflict from the beginning is solved when Doodle is all there, and he is excited that Doodle is conscious and able to live like a regular baby. However the external conflict is never resolved because Doodle dies before Is able to fully be resolved.
12. A. In the last sentence, the narrator calls his brother his “fallen scarlet ibis.” In what ways are their deaths similar- both in appearance (wings/ hand, head/ neck, beak/ mouth, legs) and cause? B. Why did Hurst incorporate these similarities in the short story?
A. In the last sentence Brother uses a metaphor between Doodle and the Ibis because they were both from another place and where majestic. Doodle was covered in a scarlet blood from his mouth to his neck. The Ibis had uncoordinated wings, and its long neck jerked into an S, the legs were crossed when it died and the feet were curved at rest. A difference between Doodles death and the Ibis’ was that they saw the Ibis loose strength and die, on the other hand Doodle was just there lying across the ground awkwardly, with his head flown back, and his neck was also long like the