In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, the two characters, Doodle and the narrator. Who is never named, are two brothers. Doodle was just born and is not like a normal kid. Everyone thought he was not going to live long. When he was 3 months they finally decided to name him William Armstrong, but after while they deiced that the name they picked did not fit the way he looked so they renamed him Doodle. The older brother love and cared about Doodle. He took good care of him and pushed him to do things so he could be normal. Even though Doodle is not like other babies, he is still trying to learn the same things as normal babies. He’s very determined to be like other his, “ trembling, he’d push himself up, turning first red, then a soft purple , and …show more content…
He just had to believe in his self. Doodle learned how to crawl at the age of three. He did not crawl like any normal baby. “When he crawled, he crawled backwards, as if he were in reverse and couldn’t change gears.” At the time his name was still William Armstrong. When he was crawling backwards his older brother thought he looked like a doodlebug so he started calling him Doodle. Doodle is scared of being alone and he looks up to his older brother and doesn’t ever want to leave him. “When the deafening thunder had died, I heard Doodle cry out, Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!" Doodle knows that he’s not like everyone else. He so helpless and weak but he try’s his hardest to stay alive. Doodles scared that he’s going to get hurt if he’s not with someone like his brother. In conclusion Doodle was not normal, he was weak but he was strong minded and tried to stay positive most of the time. His brother is helping him try to be normal by teaching him how to walk and crawl. Doodle cannot do most of the time normal people do he cannot run or have adventures. He is scared to be alone and doesn’t want his brother to leave his
Doodle and Simon have many similarities. They both have heart conditions and have to adjust to their lives but that is really the only similarity. In the movie Simon Birch by Mark Steve Johnson, the character Simon never has a completely normal life because of his disability. In the book “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Doodle never came close to normal because of his heart condition. Doodle and Simon have similarities but are different in many ways.
In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, Doodle is an intelligent character. William “Doodle” Armstrong is a character who everybody thought was going to die. However, when Doodle lives on to see another day, he learns of the incredible world that his mind, but not necessarily his body, would be able to experience. Doodle’s first signs of intelligence is shown when the narrator describes his responsiveness. Doodle was able to respond to his name, and when he began to talk, he “talked so much that [they] all quit listening to what he said” (556). This description of Doodle’s earlier life shows his above-average intelligence because it emphasizes the extraordinary mental actions that Doodle was capable of, as opposed to what his physical well-being
He also exhibits kindness and love toward Doodle during parts of the story. For instance when Doodle’s brother tires of carrying Doodle in a go-cart, he decides to teach Doodle how to walk. Although Doodle fails numerous times, his brother keeps trying and and encourages him after a particularly disheartening fail when he says “Yes you can Doodle. All you gotta do is try. Now come on,” (Hurst 558). In this quote Doodle struggles to walk by himself. However, his determined brother stays with him the entire time and encourages Doodle to make sure he never gives up and can learn how to walk by himself. The evidence shows that Doodle’s brother does care for Doodle and that he is not always mean and cruel. The quote exemplifies Doodle’s brother’s ambivalent attitude toward his brother. The author is trying to show that Doodle’s brother grows fonder of Doodle with each passing day. Doodle’s brother’s growing love for Doodle becomes more evident as the story progresses. After Doodle learns to walk well, he and his brother, “roamed off together, resting often, we never turned back until our destination had been reached” (Hurst 559). This quote shows that Doodle’s brother grows fonder of Doodle and the two become inseparable. They go everywhere together and Doodle’s brother takes care of Doodle when they go on their journey. Hence, Doodle’s brother becomes a kind, loving brother who takes care of Doodle and tries to make Doodle have a happy life.
After Doodle fell and got back up Brother said "We never spoke (what are the words that can solder cracked pride?)". Brother's pride was hurt when his brother fell in the first day of school which made Brother's anger rise against his brother. Brother, for a moment, saw Doodle as a disappointment and so he left Doodle behind, laying on the ground.
The narrator’s pride had a negative effect on Doodle. The narrator said, ”Shut up, I’m not going to hurt you,”(Hurst 3). Here the narrator is telling his little brother to shut up, but that is cruel and an ineffective way to deliver the message. Next, “‘I won’t touch it,’ Doodle said, ‘Then I will leave you here” the older brother replied (Hurst 2). The situation is that when Doodle was little, the family did not think Doodle would survive, so Doodle’s family made the decision to
Two people with two completely different characteristics have something alike. Both Dally and Johnny are mentally tough because of their parents. Johnny and Dally’s parents both do not care for them and could care less about them. For example, during Dally’s childhood he went to jail, been in a gang, and has been in many fights and his dad still would not care for him even if he won the lottery. Dally also talks about his dad's disgrace towards him in the car with Johnny and Ponyboy, “‘ Shoot, my dad don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in a gutter...’”(88). Dally could easily live without his dad and he does for the most part. Dally just hangs around with his friends and stays at their place. Similarly, Johnny's parents use him like a rag doll to blow off steam, “his father always beating him up”(14). The gang knows what happenes in Johnny’s house. Once Ponyboy was witnessing, “Johnny take a whipping with a two-by-four from his old man”(33). Ponyboy talks about how loud and mean Johnny's mom is and,“you can...
“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 50). This supports the claim that this is Brother’s fault, because if he were never ashamed of Doodle in the first place, he wouldn’t be given all of the extra stress running has brought his body. The narrator was very strict, and hard on Doodle because he wanted a brother that was “all there.” Brother would have been much nicer, and understanding if his decision to teach Doodle to do things like the other children was based on
Humans are never perfect, and their emotions often conflict with their logic. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, the narrator receives a physically disabled brother, Doodle, thus trains Doodle physically so that he could live a normal life. Throughout the story, the narrator’s actions and thoughts reveals his true personalities to the audience as he slowly narrates the story of himself and his scarlet ibis, Doodle, whose existence he dreaded. In the story written by James Hurst, pride, love, and cruelty, these conflicting character traits all exists in Doodle’s brother. And the most severe of all, pride.
In James Hurst book, The Scarlet Ibis “Brother is embarrassed of his new brother because he can’t walk.” Brother is guilty because it was his fault that doodle died. Can pride be a destructive force. Pride can be a destructive force because if you can have so much pride but you will get punished for having too much pride.
First, the narrator was ashamed of Doodle and he wanted Doodle to be like the other normal kids. The narrator kept reminding Doodle how he should try hard to not to be different from other kids at school. Even though the
...ried to walk and swim. The reason Doodle kept up with the competitive antics of his brother was to gain a sense of worth and belonging within his family.
...verything” (Hurst 1). The brother only cared about himself and having fun, and did not think about the affect his actions had on Doodle. The brother decides to “teach him [Doodle] to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight” (Hurst 3). Readers can begin to infer that the brother’s careless actions will later lead to serious injury or the death of Doodle.
Dr. Seuss was born to Theodor Robert Geisel and Henrietta Seuss Geisel on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was part of a German family that took pride in their heritage. Both his mother and father played major roles in helping Geisel become who he was. They recognized his potential and encouraged him to practice what he loved doing. His father worked as the director of the Springfield Zoo and would often bring Geisel and his sister, Marnie along to watch the animals. Upon arriving home, Geisel would draw the different animals he had discovered in his own unique style. His sister criticized him for taking them out of proportion, but he continued to draw them the way he wanted them to look. Geisel loved art. Sometimes it seemed as though he was obsessed with it. He liked drawing so much that sometimes he would draw on his wall with crayons. His father was impressed with his talent and sent one of his drawings to the Youth’s Companion Magazine and was told, “Yes… he had talent” (Morgan 12). This made his father urge him to keep drawing. “While his father encouraged his drawing, his mother fostered his awareness of the pleasures of words” (Morgan 14). Geisel’s mother never had the opportunity to go to college, so she wanted her children to get a good education and go to college. She made sure she read to her children every night an...
When Miles was about 1 year old, he got a dog named Bell. Miles and Bell would sleep together, play fetch outside, watch tv together. Miles would feed her everyday, because he cared about her. Miles and his family (Mark, Carol, Lindsey) really liked Bell and cared for her. Miles feels great to have a dog to play with.Miles loved Bell very much and was part of Miles‘ and his family. When Bell started to get older, she would not run very much or play. She would usually just sit around mostly the whole day. Miles missed not really having fun with Bell, since she was getting older. Miles says to his mom, “Why does Bell have to get older.”
Doodle is controlled by his brother with fear on several separate occasions. When they were younger, Brother took Doodle into the barn loft and showed him the coffin they had made, expecting him to die as a baby. Doodle becomes extremely frightened, and doesn't want to touch the coffin. Brother makes him touch it, by threatening to leave him alone if he doesn't. In response to the threat, Doodle cries, "Don't leave me, Brother," (p 3) and touching the casket, screams. Brother uses fear to control his younger brother, forcing him to do cruel things. In the other story, Paul also is controlled in family relationships. His mother puts great strain on him by being financially irresponsible, and living beyond their means. Paul feels the strain, and is influenced by it to take the pressure away. Also, Paul's mother did not love him. This is a controlling factor because he works extra hard to gain her love.