The Narrator Causes Doodle's Death

“Brother” not knowing he is slowly leading Doodle down a dying path is doing what he thought he should do. The narrator says, “I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us”(425). “Brother" ran away thinking he would follow and/or catch up, but instead Doodle fell down because he is exhausted and hot of all the work they had done that day. And since it was raining, it seem like a wall divided them even though brother could have gone back and helped Doodle. The narrator “Brother” from “The Scarlet Ibis,” causes Doodle's death because he overworked Doodle and made him get overheated and last he ran from doodle leaving him

First, imagery in “The Scarlet Ibis” is used to make people mindful towards the adolescence that are challenged. After brother talks of how awful Doodle is, he states,

In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst, creates a story about a boy named Doodle who was born with disabilities and his brother makes plans to kill him. In paragraph 5 on the first page of the story, Hurst writes, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” This clearly makes readers think that the narrator wants him dead, and the narrator isn’t grateful for what kind of brother he has. This clearly brings up that it was the narrator 's fault that Doodle died. He left Doodle out in the storm on purpose and ran away, the narrator had plans to kill him earlier on in the story, and everyone expected Doodle to die right when he was born.

Such ending of The Scarlet Ibis is surprizing for both the narrator and the reader. In fact, the death of Doodle after growing up is unexpected by neither the narrator nor the reader. (Hamdi, DeAngelis, 2008, Page

“Each time, Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving forward, one painful step at a time” (Linda Sue Park p.41) A personal journey is what a character goes through to change or improve themselves. The character Salva from A Long Walk to Water was a young boy that lived in the dinka tribe in Sudan. When he was at school he had heard gunshots and had to leave the country without any knowledge of where his family is.

JOhnny and Ponyboy lay and watch the stars. He obviously falls asleep and makes it home past his curfew. Darry slaps ponyboy in the moment of a lecture and Johnny and Ponyboy run away back to the lot. In chapter 4, THe blue mustang finally catches up with them and they are outnumbered 2 to 5. BOb drowns pony in the fountain and Johnny kills him because he was protecting Pony boy.

He realized his brother didn’t make it and cried. At the end of the story, the text says,”Doodle, Doodle.’ There was no answer but the ropy rain. I began to weep, and the tear- blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar. ‘Doodle!’

The Scarlet Ibis The central problem in the story is the Narrator (the brother) not able to deal with Doodle’s disabilities. The narrator is motivated to teach Doodle to walk because he is embarrass that his brother can’t walk at the age of five. Doodle is brothers with the narrator and was born with a heart condition He died when he was six (before his seventh birthday) and was expected to die really young.

Deplorable conditions and choices can cause a tragic outcome, yelling in cry for help. In an Aesop’s fable, the boy who cried wolf suffered a traumatic loss, his flock, after losing the village’s trust. The boy’s actions lead to an unfortunate consequence that was impacted by his false alarm actions. In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, two lovers are separated by feuding families which causes them to take their lives. The deaths Romeo and Juliet fall ultimately upon Friar Lawrence's unthought out plan, Capulet’s forceful parenting style, and Juliet’s decision making.

Johnny continues to mumble and repeat, “I killed that boy.” Johnny’s voice quivers because he is nervous about what will happen to him and Pony. Johnny repeats that he killed him again because this is surreal to Johnny. A cut displays

Yes, I think the narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death. He could have helped him when he fell but he was being lazy. He “ran as fast as [he] could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us.” (6) The narrator left Doodle behind during the storm leading to him dying.

Brother was cruel to Doodle. He shows this by making Doodle touch his own coffin. ‘One time I showed him his casket, telling him how we all believed he would die. ’(418) Another example when Brother was cruel to Doodle was at the end of the story when Brother left Doodle in the rain.

As the cheetahwhaleapines were attacking Liam, he somehow managed to escape, and ran for his life. A couple minutes later Liam ran into Chase and they killed the three cheetawhaleapines with their licorice whips. With the ship still landed, Liam and Chase ran as fast as they could back to the rover, so whatever was in the ship could not see them. Within minutes, the two amigos made it safely back to

In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst there is a day where Doodle is brought to the barn loft and made to touch his casket, this is foreshadowing the upcoming event of Doodle’s death. First and foremost the fact that Doodle is being forced to touch his poison covered coffin by his brother is a representation of Doodle being pushed to the limit. The day he dies is the day brother pushes him over the edge, he makes Doodle work to point where he starts to cry. It begins with brother making “Doodle row back against the tide. ”(5).

Characterization Essay Sometimes in life people are not the luckiest at birth. The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst is a story about a boy who learns to walk. Doodle displayed determination and that he could work hard. Doodle is very determined to learn and be able to walk.