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What Happened To Doodle's False The Narrator?

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Yes I blame the narrator for what happened to Doodle, but then again I don’t think it’s all his fault. Once you consider his age, analyze his mixed emotions, and think about what he says about himself, then it’s hard to really be the judge on whether he was all the way right or all the way wrong. My opinions differ when it comes to that. The narrator’s age played somewhat of a big role in Doodle’s death, here’s how. When Doodle was born, his brother was only 6 years old. “He was born when I was six, and was, from the outset, a disappointment .” With the narrator being so young at the time, he wasn’t necessarily the best role model for someone with conditions like Doodle. With being à kid, he wasn’t ready to take on certain responsibilities when it came to looking after …show more content…

“ The knowledge that Doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind...” Throughout the story, the young narrator shows mixed emotions when it comes to Doodle. When Doodle was first born, his brother was upset at the fact that Doodle would never live up to be the brother that he wanted so he planned to kill him out of hate. “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who was possibly not there at all was unbearable, so i began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow. However, one afternoon as I watched him ... he looked straight at me and grinned.” Once the narrator attempted to kill Doodle, he realized that he couldn't . He didn’t kill his brother simply because he realized that Doodle was aware and he was “all there”, something that his family doubted him to be. Doodle and his brother began to create a stronger bond as they continuously spent all of their time together. “I would gather wild flowers, wild violets, honeysuckle, yellow jasmine, snake flowers, and water lilies and with wire

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