Scarlet Ibis Doodle Character Traits

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Young & Hopeless Nobody chooses to be born with a disability. In addition no one expects them to do much in life. This is an example of the character Doodle in “The Scarlet Ibis”. Doodle was born crippled, told he will never walk, and already had a coffin ready for him. After thoroughly examining Doodle’s character his endless fear is critical, is very childish and youthful, and painfully helpless. First off, one of Doodle’s unique characteristics is that he is fearful. Throughout the story you can visualize the pain in Doodle’s eyes. For example when Doodle says, “Brother! Brother! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!” (Hurst 346). This means that he would be absolutely terrified if his brother left him. That is important because if his

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In The Lion King, a character named Scar killed his own brother to become king and for his own pride. Scar is just like the narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis”, who also exploited his brother to gain satisfaction. In the end, however, it backfired on both characters. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the narrator’s brother , Doodle, has been disabled from birth. Since the narrator is ashamed of his brother’s disability, he teaches him how to walk. After that succeeds, the narrator’s…

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Doodle's Struggle In 'The Scarlet Ibis'

want to help or fix them? In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” the narrator was dealing with this struggle. Unfortunately while he was trying to find the answer to this dilemma he showed some character traits that wasn’t commendable. Some evidence to this was when he renamed Doodle, trained him over the summer, and left him the rain. One example that proves that the narrator was a bad brother was when he renamed William (the narrator’s brother) Doodle. This was an awful name to choose for him because…

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Sometimes people blinded by pride cannot see how harmful their actions are. This common trait unites the protagonists of three stories: “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, “My Wonder Horse” by Sabine R. Ulibarri, and “The Utterly Perfect Murder” by Ray Bradbury. In Hurst’s story, a boy ashamed of having a sick younger brother unknowingly kills the brother when he tries to “fix” him. In Ulibarri’s tale, the narrator is so desperate to catch an elusive horse and become a man that he does not realize…

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quote applies to the short story “The Scarlet Ibis”, written by James Hurst, because the story is consumed about pride. Brother’s actions toward Doodle, his younger brother, show it. Pride is defined as “ The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards.” Doodle is born physically handicapped and has many struggles throughout his life trying to do everyday things like walking or just being a kid. His older brother is cruel to him but Doodle responds by thriving and becoming…

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these underlying traits. Media, literature, and society all illustrate different views on what it means to be human, but within all sources the six traits of shared humanity in common are emotion, relationship, morality, survival, loss, and choice. In literature examples of shared humanity traits such as emotion and relationships are displayed, in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. The narrator tries to teach his paralysed brother, Doodle how to walk. “Doodle walked only because…

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