Scarlet Ibis: Hardships Influence A Person's Life

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Hardships can influence a person's life because it can be challenging for that person and they have to overcome them. Life can be a challenge to everyone, even to the people who are in a story, such as the narrator from ¨The Scarlet Ibis¨. In ¨The Scarlet Ibis¨, the narrator said that ¨Doodle faces problems everyday and I will help him along the way.¨, which states that the narrator will be there for his brother, despite the disabilities he was born with. Therefore, the narrator will have a challenge helping Doodle with his life because he would challenge himself in being a brother. People occasionally don't get what they want, even though if they get it for a specific person, like the main character in ¨The Gift of the Magi¨. In ¨The Gift

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