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What Is The Brother's Relationship In The Scarlet Ibis

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In the book “Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst Brother don’t really care about his brother Doodle very much. He don’t like that he is different and doesn’t like that he can’t do anything on his own. But Brother learns to give Doodle a chance and ends up loving him. Brother is a pretty good brother by the end and of the book. Brother wanted Doodle to learn that he could overcome anything he believed in. To help him with that Brother tried to teach Doodle how to walk and swim and he did not let him give up even when he was struggling. Brother said “Well, if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never learn.” (Hurst 3). Clearly Brother cared about him at least a little bit because he took time to actually help Doodle learn to walk and swim. He knew he could

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