The Scarlet Ibis And The Sniper Comparison

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The brief story “The Scarlet Ibis” is about a little boy with disabilities and his older brother is ashamed of him. So he tries to teach him to walk, run, and swim. While doing this he pushes him so hard that the little boy dies. The theme of this story is that by the time we realize that we have done something wrong, we can no longer fix the mistake that we have made.

The theme in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” is that by the time we realize that we have done something wrong, we can no longer fix the mistake that we have made. This happened to the boy in this story. He made his little brother, who had disabilities, work really hard at walking and it killed the little boy. This happens to a lot of people, they do something wrong and …show more content…

As a result of you may have to live with this guilt for the rest of your life, like the man in “The Sniper.” Also both the sniper and the man he shot were brothers and the little boy with disabilities and the boy who killed him were brothers.
The themes in both the brief story “The Sniper” and “The Scarlet Ibis” are different in many ways. “The Sniper” is about a man who is a sniper and is trying to kill another sniper who is shooting at him. Then after he shoots him he is curious about who the man is. Then he realizes that the man he shot, was non other than his own brother. “The Scarlet Ibis” is about a little boy who has a disability and his older brother is ashamed of him so he teaches him to walk. After he learns how to walk he tries to teach him how to run and swim but he works him to hard and it kills him. The themes in both these stories are very similar in many ways. They are also very different in many ways to. The story also shows that no matter what your family is like you should never be ashamed of

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