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Scarlet Ibis Doodle Quotes

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My character is Doodle from “The Scarlet Ibis.” I feel as if he has these three traits within him. They are Crazy, Motivated, and Trusting. I say he is crazy because in the very start of the story Big Brother says “Doodle was just about the craziest brother a boy ever had.” (page 415) know why I’m using crazy and I want you to know that when I say crazy I don’t mean like the Joker, what I mean is like a good kind but I’ll get into that more later. Now back to the quote. now when Big Brother calls Doodle “The craziest Brother.” I think of something like even when he’s outnumbered and all seems lost he does something unbelievable, to which he does later in the story and that is he walked( page 419) and I know what you're thinking everybody

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