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Short Story A Brief Analysis Of Doodle's Story

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Doodle was born early and development issues. He wasn’t able to walk until he was 5. His brother was his best friend and showed him his whole life. People should help each other but not force them to do things they cannot do. Is Doodle’s brother at fault for his death? In this story, Doodle is underdeveloped and everyone thought he would die but he didn’t. Doodle was taught by his brother how to walk and run. “Everybody thought he was going to die someday” (Hurst 1) This is showing that people have no hope on others and should not so they can live like normal human beings. Giving up hope only hurts your self esteem. In addition, people should not force others to work harder than they already can or they will get hurt. The story was set with

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