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Scarlet Ibis Theme Essay

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Analysis of “The Scarlet Ibis” How setting and Character Development Contribute to Theme The most prominent insight into human nature in the story “The Scarlet Ibis” is the focus on pride. The subject of pride is portrayed in many ways throughout the story. An example of when pride is demonstrated is the pride of Doodles brother. His pride is shown in a selfish manner, as he sees only how events can affect him. A time when we were able to see how important the brothers pride is to him is when he decides to teach Doodle to walk, and later on when he decides to teach him how to achieve other actions.The first time we are introduced to the motivation behind teaching Doodle to walk, and even the idea of teaching Doodle to walk, when the narrator tells us “I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, …show more content…

A way in which Hurst achieves this is by showing the two different sides to pride. The side of pride the Hurst choices for the Brother to have is the more negative and selfish side of pride. Hurst chose to do this to show how pride has more than one meaning. He also decided to show the more negative side of pride to show that pride can motivate us to do things, even if they shouldn’t be done. Which is shown by the brothers treatment of Doodle, because even though he started out gentle and kind, pride eventually pushed him to become more strict. Hurst decided to also focus on the positive side of pride, the pride you wound feel for someone else. This side of pride is portrayed by Doodles Mama, Daddy, and Aunt Nicey. Hurst decided to choose Doodles family to show the positive attribute to pride to show how having pride in someone can motivate them, and you, to achieve things they normally wouldn’t be able, or be bothered to do. As shown by Doodles joy and motivation to learn more after his family showed pride in

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