Pride In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

Is Pride Good Or Bad What do you think of when you hear pride? I think of someone who has a foolishly and

irrationally corrupt sense of values and goals. It is a way of thinking that Involves so much

selfishness that it blinds one into thinking that they are able to manipulate others how they

want. Which becomes so important that they will not quit until they achieve their own goal. In

the Scarlet Ibis Doodles brother is so insecure and ashamed in Doodle that he pushes him to

be better, not for Doodle but for himself. ¨Dont hurt my brother,¨ he warned: ¨Shut up. I´m going

to teach you to walk. Every day that summer we

We should not be prideful

thinkers because it will not benefit anybody in any way, shape, or form.

Pride is an endless cycle of the way people think of each other and themselves. People

who are prideful will always try to make themselves look better than everyone around them, but

on the inside there is fear and doubt of what they think others will think about them. When

those that get made fun of will have to make a choice, they will stand up to it or will feel bad

about themselves. And the people who take it in will start to use pride to make them look better

about themselves. In the story the Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst it states that the narrator is

embarrassed by having a brother who isn't capable of doing many things.” They did not know

that i did it for myself, that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices:

and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” (Hurst 3)

This shows how prideful thinking can manipulate others and yourself. This means when you

feel a certain way for others (embarrassed or ashamed) you shouldn't try to take