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Small Family In The Scarlet Ibis

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In the short story it has a small family and a young boy William Armstrong A.K.A Doodle, Doodle has many health problems, one of which is the disability to walk. When the narrator; or Doodles brother is forced to take him wherever he goes “Take Doodle with you” and the narrator has had enough and decides he is going to teach his brother to walk. So in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, It shows a story of a small family who undergo many difficulties and two brothers that have to be together all the time.
After many months and multiple seasons of trying to teach doodle to walk, Doodle finally learns to walk and everyone was so happy “Then Mama began to cry and ran over to him, hugging him and kissing him.” time went by after

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