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The Scarlet Ibis Character Analysis

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The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst is an emotional story. Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve by J.K Rowling. When William Armstrong was first born his family was told that he was paralyzed and that he had a weak heart. No one except for his mother thought he would live long. After a while, William started to crawl but he crawled backwards like a doodlebug; that’s how he got his nickname, Doodle.
Doodle from “The Scarlet Ibis” is weak determined, and gullible.
One of Doodle’s character traits is weak. “Everybody thought he was going to die - everybody except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him.” (416) His family got a mahogany coffin made for him. Since Doodle’s legs weren’t strong enough for him to walk , his older brother had to wheel

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