Why Did The Narrator Leave His Brother To Die In A Storm

Why would a 13 year old boy leave his brother to die in a storm? The Narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death. I say this because he left Doodle to die in the storm, he was cruel to Doodle, and he made Doodle always feel discouraged.

He let Doodle to die in the storm. “The knowledge that Doodle 's and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us. The drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees. Soon I could hear his voice no more.” (Hurst 11) This explains that The Narrator had left Doodle by himself, to die in the storm. When the deafening peal of thunder had

The Narrator was cruel to Doodle. ““I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. “Then I’ll leave you here by yourself,” I threatened, and made as if I were going down.” (Hurst P4) The evidence here shows without a doubt that The Narrator was cruel to Doodle, causing Doodle to think that there was no point in running after The Narrator through the storm as he would still be treated cruelly if he made it back to the house. “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.” (Hurst P2) This evidence, taken directly from the defendants diary, tells us that he had made plans to kill Doodle before Doodle even reached the age of 3.¨He was a burden in many ways. The doctor had said that he mustn 't get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently. A long list of don 'ts went with him, all of which I ignored once we got out of the house.¨ (Hurst P3) My statement that The Narrator is involved directly in Doodleś death is supported here by saying that The Narrator ignored everything that the doctor had told him not to do with

The Narrator made Doodle feel discouraged. “To discourage his coming with me, I 'd run with him across the ends of the cotton rows and careen him around corners on two wheels. Sometimes I accidentally turned him over, but he never told Mama.“ (Hurst P3) The Narrator would discourage Doodle by being cruel to him, he had never wanted to take Doodle with him everywhere that he went, so he tried to stop Doodle by hurting him when he had come outside with him. “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.” (Hurst P4) Doodle may have stopped running in the rain after The Narrator because he may have felt that there was no point in living anymore. The Narrator had made Doodle feel so discouraged that Doodle eventually decided to let the rain and the storm kill him. "Don 't hurt me, Brother," he warned. "Shut up. I 'm not going to hurt you. I 'm going to teach you to walk." I heaved him up again, and again he collapsed.” The one brotherly deed that The Narrator does is try to teach Doodle to walk and do what the other kids can, but even in his kindness he still