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Summary: The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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Brenda Nguyen
English 1 Honors
October 5, 2015
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“People get tangled up in their own ego of how they’re perceived. They can lose their way,” –Pierce Brosnan. Some people seem to get caught up in themselves with their actions so that they can be viewed a certain way to society while negatively affecting others without realizing it. This self-pride can be a destructive force if realization isn’t taken into the interests of others. In James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis”, the narrator is shameful of his little brother, Doodle, in which makes his pride overpower Doodle’s needs. He is afraid of what people will think of his crippled little brother since he isn’t like anyone else so he tries to bring doodle up to his expectations. Some may argue that the narrator did make a big impact on doodle’s life by pushing him to his limits. Although, the narrator …show more content…

“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst reveals that selfish pride can blind the needs of others. Viewing the needs of others blindly shows a lot about the person’s character. To start off with, the narrator was actually suggesting to kill the little brother thinking that he’s not all there and ending his misery, that is until the narrator received a miraculous response. The narrator shouts, “Mama, he smiled. He’s all there! He’s all there!” (Hurst, 464). As soon as the narrator is proven that his little brother is more than alive, his feelings of selfish pride before shows up crystal clear. As the narrator was considering to end his little brother’s life to save him of misery, it’s actually shown that he’s trying to save himself of the mortification of having an invalid brother. In addition, the narrator pressures

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