Brother has received a younger sibling, though he is not the brother of his dreams. Brother feels disappointed in his invalid brother, Doodle, so he teaches him to live a fuller life. In the book, “the Scarlet Ibis,” Brother is occasionally cruel, but as he teaches Doodle, he learns to love him, and his end justifies the means. Brother is cruel to Doodle. On page 596, when Doodle goes riding on the go-cart with brother, Brother purposely hurts him to discourage him from riding with him. Brother is obviously annoyed by Doodle. Brother wants have freedom, while Doodle keeps him from it. To brother, the inability to walk is a sign of immaturity, while Brother acts as a more mature leader to Doodle. Doodle believes that Brother should be a leader, and feels that he knows best, even when he has to suffer the consequences. After tiring out Doodle in the stream, Brother runs ahead of Doodle in the rain, leaving him behind. Brother is still being cruel to Doodle, even after becoming good friends. Brother should have slowed down, or even carried Doodle home, but wouldn’t, …show more content…
As it says on page 596, “I dragged him across the cotton field to share with him the only beauty I knew, Old Woman Swamp.” One of Brother and Doodles favorite stomping grounds is Old Woman Swamp. Doodle was obviously in awe that Brother knew such an amazing place, and because of this, his nearly unconditional love and respect for brother grew. Brother taught Doodle to walk. If Doodle had never learned how to walk, he never would have been taken seriously. He never could have gone to school. Brother did a good thing, even if he may have had selfish reasons for doing so. Doodle only walked because he was a friend to Brother. If brother hadn’t been kind to Doodle, he never would have walked, and Doodles life would never be much more than a talkative person sitting on the floor, carted around by his older brother, and never learning the joys of