Examination Day And The Scarlet Ibis: A Short Story

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“Differences and similarities are equally easy to see”- Doe Zantamata. In the two stories Examination Day and The Scarlet Ibis this holds true. There are similarities and differences you can point out without much difficulty. For example, intelligence is a drastically different between the two boys and this can be seen easily. Doodle, is mentally slow and isn’t like the other boys. In Scarlet Ibis the narrator says “Doodle was born when I was seven and was, from the start, a disappointment.” This quote is saying that Doodle was a disappointment, and this was because he wasn’t normal like everybody else. Also, Doodle couldn’t even walk at first. Brother said “I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk”. Brother was