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Summary: Response To The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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Response to “Scarlet Ibis”
A expectation is what is giving to a person and is expected to be done or seen. There is a quote that goes, “Not everything will go as you expect in your life, This is why you need to drop expectations and go with the flow of life”. A short story that compares to this quote is “The Scarlet Ibis”, written by James Hurst when in this story the narrator had high expectations for such a weak, disabled person. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst, two well built literary devices are used to enhance the story.
In the Story, imagery is used throughout to draw together the story. To begin, imagery is used to intensify the story by powerfly describing Doodle, the narrator indicates to the reader, “He

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