In the scarlet ibis Doodle was killed while running away from a storm With his brother but got left behind and died. Many people believe the narrator is to blame for Doodle’s death, but many people don't at the same time. The evidence to prove narrator was not to blame for the death of Doodle are these factors. The key points are that he was too young, it was never intended for the narrator to kill him, and the love he had for his brother. The narrator was also not thinking right at the moment. The narrator is innocent because he was too young to understand. In the story, it says that the narrator was 6 which is quoted ¨ he was born when I was six¨ this would mean the narrator was still too young to understand the actions of his consequences and was thinking like a mere child. The narrator also had thoughts that he wouldn't have had as an adult. One of those thoughts would be and which is said ¨It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.¨ with these thoughts the narrator was not thinking about his actions and was thinking like a child which proves my point. …show more content…
The narrator was a good, caring brother who never intended to kill doodle through his action. In the story, it says ‘“Aw, come on Doodle.” I urged “You can do it. Do you want to be different from everybody else when you start school?” “Does it make any difference?” “It certainly does,” I said. “Now, come on,” and I began to help him up’ this quote shows how the narrator really wanted to push his brother to new heights and achieve more than just the normal kid at his age. It also shows how much the narrator loved him to push him to his limits which brings me to my next
Ever since the beginning of Doodle's existence Brother planned to kill him. The story proves this when Brother says "I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow". Brother felt embarrassment toward Doodle because he didn't like the idea of having an invalid brother that could never play with him and do activities that other children his age would do for fun. When Brother had the chance to leave Doodle behind he did it because his cruelty against Doodle began to rise and he didn't want to see Doodle in that
Analyzing innocence has always been a difficult task, not only due to it’s rapid reevaluation in the face of changing societal values, but also due to the highly private and personal nature of the concept. The differences between how people prioritize different types of innocence - childhood desires, intellectual naivety, sexual purity, criminal guilt, etc. - continually obscures the definition of innocence. This can make it difficult for people to sympathize with others’ loss of purity, simply because their definition of that loss will always be dissimilar to the originally expressed idea. Innocence can never truly be adequately described, simply because another will never be able to precisely decipher the other’s words. It is this challenge, the challenge of verbally depicting the isolationism of the corruption of innocence, that Tim O’Brien attempts to endeavour in his fictionalized memoir, The
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
Pride of the narrator teaches a physically deprived little boy Doodle how to walk and gives him the same amenities as every other normal child. The pride of the narrator, "I [he] am going to teach Doodle how to walk" (170). Pride, in this instance, gives the narrator enough courage and vigor to help another human being in a positive way. The world needs more people such as the narrator, who is willing to benefit other's lives in a tenderhearted way, to make another's life better and happier. For example, "It's so pretty, so pretty, pretty, pretty" (170). One's pride can truly take the simple pleasures in life and make someone happy. The narrator does a simple task by taking his brother down to the swamp. By that action, Doodle is enthralled in happiness because he sees something he has never seen before. Having pride can be beneficial in many ways; however, having too much pride can be pernicious.
Innocence is defined as the state of being not guilty of a crime or other wrong act. The definition does not have any exceptions depending on race, age, gender or other physical characteristics. Yet in the south, the innocence of a guilty white man, is more important than the innocence of an innocent black man. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is about a young girl named Scout who lives in Maycomb County, Alabama. The novel is separated into two parts, the first part is about the adventures of Boo Radley.
The irony in, “The Tell Tale Heart” is more obscure. The narrator is an insane and a man who has agitation, yet tries to persuade the reader that he is not just sane, but rather logical. He proves this by calmly explaining why the violent act happens, but only resulting in contrary to what is being influence to the readers. One of the act that takes place, was “every night, about midnight, [the narrator] turns the latch of [the old man’s] door and opened it ....It took [him] an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that [he] could see [the old man] as he lay upon his bed”. (1) It is abnormal enough for someone to speak repetitively, the narrator broke this boundary, in putting his somewhat mad plan into action. Another ironic moment was the need to confess his murder at the end of the story, due to guilt that is feeding on him alive. Though he is free of the judgmental eye, he is to be imprison for his
In the beginning of the story Doodle’s brother did not like him very much, but as they grew older and Doodle grew stronger and more like the other kids, they got closer. The accomplishments they made together like when “Finally one day… he stood alone for a few seconds” (James Hurst 32), caused so much joy and happiness for both of the brothers. Doodle’s brother finally felt like there was hope, there was hope that Doodle could be normal. After this big accomplishment took place Doodle’s brother “grabbed him...and hugged him” (James Hurst 32). When this happened it showed that Doodle was accepted by his brother and that he was his brother’s pride and joy. In this case Doodle’s brother shows good pride and this good pride has an effect on Doodle, he is now more motivated to learn to walk
Doodle's brother was never able to accept him for who he was. Even very early in the story, shortly after Doodle was born. His brother's unhappiness with Doodle was mostly because he wanted a brother with whom he could play and run. The thought of a brother who could barely move and probably never walk was embarrassing. He even states that Doodle, "....
The narrator Doodles brother is very emotional through out the entire story. He is mean to his brother but he loves him “At times I was mean to Doodle. One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket telling him how we all had believed he would die”(James Hurst 353). They would have fun in the summer down at the Old Woman Swamp where the narrator taught Doodle how to walk. One-day Doodle stands up by himself and his brother is so gratified he decides not to tell anybody because he knows Doodle will be able to walk soon. That was one of the last good times they had because Doodle was always sick afterwards and when they tried to teach him how to swim he did not succeed. One day The narrator took Doodle out to swim but there was an storm so they went home and Doodle was ...
Doodle’s health is not good and you can see that in this piece of text. (Topic Sentence) The author writes, “He didn’t answer so I placed my hand on his forehead and lifted his head. Limply, he fell backwards onto the Earth. He had been bleeding from his mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt was stained brilliant red.”(172)(Textual support- 5). Doodle is harmed and it’s because his brother’s pride got in the way of his health and well being. (Commentary)
In the short story ‘The Scarlet Ibis” Doodle's older brother, the narrator, pushes Doodle too hard. The setting of the story is in the country, near a swamp and the ocean. The scarlet Ibis, casket, and bleeding tree are significant symbols which reveal the theme: don’t push too hard, all people have breaking points.
Firstly, at the end of this story, the narrator’s illusions are the most powerful pieces of evidence for his madness. It is his two illusions that betrays him and imposed him to confess the crime. His first illusion is the beating of the old man’s heart which actually did not exist. Initialy, exactly as he portrayed "My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears, it continued and became more distinct", the ringing he heard haunted him ceaselessly. Then he "found that the noise was not within his ear", and thought the fancy in his ear was the beating of old man’s heart. Because of the increasing noise, he thought the officers must hear it, too. However, in fact, everything he heard is absurd and illusive. And it proves that the narrator is really insane. Next, his second illusion is the officers’ "hypocritical smiles" which pushed him to completely be out of control. Losting of his mind, he called the officer "Villains". Apparently, he was confused and falsely thought "they were making a mockery of his horror" which irritated him intensively. Consequently, he told all the truth and "admitted the deed" in order to get rid of the growing noise. Therefore, the above two pieces of evidence both reveal the truth that the narrator is absolutely insane in contrary to what the narrator tried to tell us.
This proves that the narrator is fair-minded because most mad people do not experience guilt in which the narrator did. Also, the narrator was hearing the beat of the old man's heartbeat which was actually his. The more the police questioned him the louder the beat got. “Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!- tear up the planks!-here, here!-its is the beating of his hideous heart(Poe page 207)!”
There is much to be said about innocence. If one is with innocence than one can do no wrong. But that is not all to be said. Innocence is not always a good thing. It could make one naive or blind to certain evils. Like in the case of Billy Budd. Billy was innocent from evil and therefore could not see the evil of John Claggart approaching him, out to destroy him.
paragraph of the story, the narrator begins to defend himself by saying that he is