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Scarlet Ibis Compare And Contrast Essay

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In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, a little six year old boy who wants a brother to play with gets a brother unlike any other. They lived in South Carolina. Brother has tough love for the baby brother and is cruel but also very nice to the little brother named Doddle. In 1918, a beautiful thing happened, a little boy was born and his name was William Armstrong. Everyone though William wouldn’t live, but Aunt Nicey thought otherwise.Brother tried to kill William since he wasn’t going to be the brother he wanted. After a couple of months, William learned how to crawl, Brother thought since there was a chance of living he should have a better name. Brother though he looked like a doodlebug when William was crawling, so he named him Doodle. When Doodle was five, he couldn’t walk, so Brother would pull Doodle around in a go-cart. …show more content…

"Shut up. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm going to teach you to walk." Brother heaved him up again, and again he collapsed.One day after many days of practice Doodle finally stood alone for a few seconds. Once Doodle fell Brother grabbed him and hugged Doodle, and they both laughed full of joy, "Yes, yes," Brother cried, and Doodle cried it to. Within a few months Doodle had learned to walk and his go-cart was put up in the barn loft beside his little mahogany coffin. They decided not to tell anyone that he could walk until Doodles birthday on October sixth. Once October sixth came, they were at breakfast and everyone was in the dining room.Brother brought Doodle to the door and took him out of the go-cart and stoof him up, nobody spoke, then Doodle began to start to walk slowly across the room, and sat down at his spot at the table. Then Mama began to cry and ran over to him, hugging him and kissing him. Daddy hugged him too, so Brother went to Aunt Nicey, who was thanks praying in the doorway, and began to waltz her

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