Scarlet Ibis Theme Analysis

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The theme of scarlet ibis is feelings of pride can be a positive and negative outcome in life. For example, “Everybody thought he was going to die except Aunt Nicey , who had delivered him” (Hurst 416) The brother was born with development problems and he almost died because of it. The narrator was disappointed with him because of those reasons that he couldn't talk or walk and he didn't come out of his room until he was three. However “Once I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility.” (Hurst 421) Doodle began to walk at the age of six. That's a long time before he started to walk most kids walk before a year.That is positive pride because his brother taught doodle how to walk and his family was