Some stories show that there are consequences that follow everything a person does, like “The Scarlet Ibis,” “Harrison Bergeron,” and “The Road Not Taken.” In many stories, the main conflict causes consequences that affect many people. One story that shows this is “The Scarlet Ibis.” A character that suffers consequences is George Bergeron in “Harrison Bergeron.” Another character with consequences is the narrator in “The Road Not Taken.” Even though most characters suffer consequences, They do not always impact the character in the same way.
In “The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst, Doodle’s brother can’t bear the fact that his brother is different; he becomes reckless, irritable, and selfish. Brother cares so little of the consequences that he will risk his brother’s life for nothing. He plans of smothering Doodle with a pillow, and flips his cart over. The narrator shows how cruel he actually is when he “... heard Doodle, who had fallen behind, cry out, ‘Brother, Brother, don’t leave me!’” (Hurst 85) Doodle’s brother also becomes irritable towards him. In the beginning, Doodle was called a disappointment, then an embarrassment, and a burden. “The lightning was near
The consequences were the curiousness of the narrator, doubtfulness, and in the end, no regrets. A consequence that the narrator had was curiousness. The narrator could not take both paths, so therefore, he was curious about which path to take. The narrator met the paths, “And looked down one [path] as far as I could / To where it bent in the overgrowth.” (Frost 1) The narrator also becomes doubtful. He doesn’t know what the other path looks like, but he doesn’t want to. “I doubted if I should ever come back.” (3) The narrator later had no regrets. He chose his own path, “and that has made all the difference.” (4) In this poem, there were consequences, however they were not
In the story “The scarlet Ibis” A kid and his little brother,Doodle could walk,but not run but for his brother who was perfectly fine, had pushed him to walk,run,swim,and to do things like an ordinary child. Because his little brother who couldn’t do any of those things, he tried to help his brother because he didn’t like having a brother who couldn’t walk,so he forced his brother to try and to do things that he has never,done or never did.Doodle was not excited that he couldn’t walk because he wasn’t trying hard enough and died all because of his brother.
No matter how malicious he is, like all siblings, he has some love for his brother. The narrator showed Doodle Old Woman Swamp
As a result of the collective knowledge shared by people then and his physical conditions, Doodle’s father had expected for him to decease in a short period of time and made the decision to arrange a coffin for him. “They did not know that I did it for myself…” (pg. 6) showed the consistent motif throughout the story was the reason behind Brother’s actions – his pride and his need for his younger brother to fit society’s expectations. In The Scarlet Ibis, Brother`s thoughts often revolved around one major objective; to make Doodle normal. As Brother narrates the story he recalls himself repeatedly pushing Doodle away from his comfort zone because Brother had wanted to make sure that Doodle would be seen as normal. When Brother had convinced Doodle that learning how to walk was important, Doodle and he would frequently go to practice. Although Brother had told Doodle multiple times that walking was an important task that he must learn how to do for himself, the underlying reason why he pressured Doodle to integrate into the norm was that he wouldn’t have to deal with the embarrassment of having a crippled brother. When Brother had finally been successful in teaching his sibling to walk, all he could think about was that his sole purpose that drove him to teach Doodle to walk; his
“The knowledge that Doodle’s” and the narrator’s “plans had come to naught was bitter” and causes a sudden “streak of cruelty [to awaken]” within the narrator. The narrator runs away from his brother leaving a “wall of rain dividing” them. [17]
In order to represent that the narrator's pride caused him to act with ill manners towards Doddle, Hurst creates the internal conflict which portrays the narrator’s struggle to choose what is more important, his pride or his brother. As the narrator confessed his past to the reader, he described a memory about how Doodle walked and he announced to the family that the narrator was the one who taught him. The narrator thus responds with: “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 419). It is important to note how the author compares the narrator to a “slave” of pride, the word slave connotes that the narrator is imprisoned by pride and creates the appearance that the force is inescapable. Throughout the story pride dictates the narrator, if
“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
Selfishness can hurt those around you. That’s what happened to Brother. He made selfish choices and in the end it was him who lost his glory and his brother. Initially, Brother disliked Doodle and even thought about killing him. However brother sees Doodle smile and realizes that Doodle is “all there.” Brother tries to change Doodle for his own selfish ways. Consequently, Brother makes one last selfish choice and leaves Doodle behind as a storm rolls in. As a result of his selfish choice Doodle dies. Selfish choices affect the people in your life. In the Scarlet Ibis brother made many selfish choices which ended up killing Doodle. Because of brothers selfishness he destroyed what he built, so making selfish choices can affect people in your life in a negative way. So when thinking about making a selfish choice think about the people it will affect.
Do you have many things in common with someone? Maybe you even know twins. Well, Doodle and the ibis in James Hurst’s The Scarlet Ibis have many similarities. We learn early in the story that Doodle was expected to die at a young age. When he was born he had many complications. His brother was determined to help him and eventually he had surprised his family and the people who had doubted him. The ibis was very alike Doodle in the way that they had both done things that amazed people, especially Doodle’s family. The ibis was looked as small and frail. Come to find later in the story, the ibis was very strong at heart just as Doodle was.
In James Hurst’s short story, “the Scarlet Ibis”, the narrator is guilty of his brother, Doodle’s death. There are many pieces of evidence stacked against him. He never treated his brother right and obviously had something against him from the very start. Doodle had a lot of health problems. His weak heart made it difficult for him to do simple things like walking and standing up. His brother was absolutely mortified at the idea of the embarrassment he would endure if he was known as the kid with a brother who couldn’t walk.
Instead of accepting Doodle for who he was, the brother was selfish and prideful, and he decided to try to push Doodle to get better so that the brother would not be so embarrassed. His first step was to get Doodle to walk, and even though Doodle didn’t want to do it, the brother kept on trying over and over again until he finally got it. When he was pushing Doodle to get better, he wasn't really doing it for Doodle, and the brother was just doing it so that he, himself would not be embarrassed. When the brother finally taught Doodle how to walk, he began to go under the assumption that Doodle could never fail, and this pride eventually led to the death of his brother. The brother’s training sessions with Doodle became more and more frequent and vigorous as the beginning of school became sooner, and the brother was blinded by his own pride on when to stop. Even when the brother knew that it was time to give up, he said that, “I should have already admitted
Doodle's brother would only do this to have control on Doodle and Doodle's actions. This control, which Doodle's brother wanted, gave him enjoyment to boss around his brother, enjoyment to boss a crippled kid. And that Doodle walked only because his brother was ashamed of having a crippled brother. It was bad enough having an invalid b....
The central image that Frost presents, which is the path, provides a clear picture that the reader can focus on in order to reveal something about the poem. The “two roads diverged in a yellow wood'; vividly portray the fact that it is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity that will be missed out on. There is a strong sense of regret before the choice is even made and it lies in the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path that one encounters. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could." The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much as he may strain his eyes to see how far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the path that he chooses that sets him off on his journey and determines where he is going and what he will encounter.
Brother doesn’t realize that his pride has done damage until the damage has been done. Brother looks back years later and he realizes that his pride got the best of him, and he won’t be able to get his brother back. When brother is younger he doesn’t realize how he has impacted Doodle’s life sometimes in a positive way but mostly in a negative way.
James Hurst is the author of the heart breaking short story entitled “The Scarlet Ibis”. “The Scarlet Ibis” is a short story about two brothers; one brother is healthy, while the other is physically handicapped. The short story is centered on the idea that the older, healthier brother’s selfishness and pride ultimately led to the death of his younger brother, Doodle. Numerous quotes throughout the story demonstrate Hurst’s use of symbolism and foreshadowing to portray and predict Doodle’s untimely and heartbreaking death.
In the poem, a person is walking along a path in an autumn forest in the early hours of the morning, when he stumbles upon a fork in the road. The speaker wishes that he would be able to travel down both of them, but he has places to go, and he does not have enough time. One is worn out from people walking along it so much, and the other is grassy and barely worn from fewer people walking on it. Although neither of them had been traveled on that day, as the leaves were still fresh on the ground, the speaker was compelled to travel the second or grassier path. The speaker fin...