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Sniper And The Scarlet Ibis: A Comparative Analysis

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The protagonists in The Sniper and The Scarlet Ibis both had a special relationship with their brother. In the first story the sniper and his brother were on different sides. The republican sniper shot his brother who was on the freestaters side. He didn't know it was his brother so I'm sure he felt bad. The other story was 2 brothers who had a good relationship. Doodles brother was kind of pushy to Doodle, but he wanted Doodle to do good in life.as you can see all relationships between people are different.

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