“Doodle was just the best brother a boy ever had” (Hurst 1). Doodle was not an ordinary boy, he had such a sweet imagination and respect. He was not like his brother. Brother was capable to run,swim,climb,fight and so much more while Doodle was still not capable to stand up to walk. Having a oversized head with a tiny body is not really easy to corporate. When Doodle was 5 years old, Doodle still was not walking anywhere so Brother had to drive a Go-kart to bring him to destinations. Bringing Doodle around everywhere he was insisted to go, was not that exciting to Brother. Soon he started to be embarrassed about how his brother can't walk and take care of himself yet. A Idea gets planned and soon Brother has a goal to reach. He wants to train his brother so he can achieve the things his family can do. Brother pushes him to his limits and because of that, he is the reason …show more content…
He was able to walk with courage. Brother got pretty happy that Doodle can walk but, then He got a little thought if training him to walk was possible, then he could teach him to do more fun activities as well. Away. “Once I had succeeded in teaching doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility, and I prepared a terrific development program for him, unknown to mama and daddy of course.I would teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees and to fight. He,too now believed in my infallibility, so we set the deadline for these accomplishments less than a year away.” (Hurst pg4). With all these things being all thrown out to him all at once, can cause stress and brother did not help trying to prevent stress for him. When swimming lesson came around, Brother made him swim til his body was numb and face was purple. That swimming lesson proves that Doodle goes on for hours without breaks and that is not good for his tiny body. In the end, Doodle gave up because all the work was too much for him. He died trying and Brother is the one to
Doodles brother had wanted him to be a normal kid like himself because he didn’t like having a brother who couldn’t walk,because it was embarrassing and didn’t want the other kids to make fun of him. So he had pushed his brother to walk do things that he never done before and they had set a goal that Doodle would walk,run,swim by the end of the summer. Doodle had agreed with his brother that he
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.
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
No matter how malicious he is, like all siblings, he has some love for his brother. The narrator showed Doodle Old Woman Swamp
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.
physical inabilities, so he decides to teach him to walk. He takes Doodle outside and
“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
The two characters come to the realization that they do share a brotherly bond, and that the narrator cares deeply for his brother even after all the time apart. The narrator says, “I don’t give a damn wh...
“The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, depicts a woman (herself) that is somewhat trapped within a room covered with yellow wall paper or trapped within the times? Is she trapped by the wall paper that symbolizes her illness or by her husband? Gilman was the protagonist of this story. She tells the story as she relates it to her own life dealing with depression and a marriage that proved to be prison within itself. Is the yellow wall paper contributing to her illness or is this something her husband uses to control her? “John is a physician and perhaps that is one of the reasons that I do not get well faster. But John, her husband who is a physician doesn’t feel that she is sick “ if a physician of high standings and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency- what is one to do?” (pg. 648) You see he does not think I am sick.” John uses the fact that he is a physician to convince his wife that she
Brother doesn’t think twice about Doodle and how he’s doing. Even when brother see’s Doodle’s health deteriorating he still keeps Doodle’s limits. (Commentary)
Brothers spend more time outside running, wrestling and playing sports. They enjoy doing things that take physical skill. Even if Doodle went outside, she probably wouldn't be interested in running through the forest and climbing trees. Chances are that she would be more into picking wildflowers and feeding the squirrels. There are rare occasions where you will find a real special brother-sister relationship, especially at the age Doodle and his brother were at.
Brother is too engulfed in his selfish desire for a ‘better’ brother that he does not give Doodle a chance to rest. “I made him swim until he turned blue, and row until he couldn’t lift an oar.” This excerpt shows the reader how ruthless Brother is in the training he has set up for Doodle. Brother appears to care more about him being capable of doing these ‘fun’ things than his brother having fun doing them does. “Success lay at the end of the summer like a pot of gold” When Brother says this, he relays how he is greedy for a better brother and will do anything to get what he wants.
...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.
This play on imagery and imagination allows you to picture the puppy being potty trained. You are able to see the excited expression and the wagging tail for using the bathroom in the right place. Personall...