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Compare And Contrast Simon Birch And Armstrong

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Simon Birch and William “Doodle” Armstrong changed the lives of many people. Both of the boys have many similarities, but also differ from each other as well. Even though, they died at a young age, they lived their life to the fullest.
Simon and Doodle were born with birth defects, that affected their physical appearance. But it didn't stop them from showing the people around them, that they are all the same.
Both Simon and Doodle were determined to prove others wrong. Even though they were considered handicapped and expected to have short life spans; it didn't stop them from experiencing a normal life. Simon went to school, just like any other kid. But, he didn't get treated like everyone. Instead, all of the students loved to pick him up and hold him in the air. He wanted to show everyone that God had a plan for him. While, Doodle was …show more content…

It didn't stop them from showing them that can be alike. Both of their deaths left a mark on the people closest to them.
One of the boys family just wanted to see their son succeed, while the other boy family didn't care when they would see him again. Everyone needs support from the people closest to them in their life. It can be from your parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, grandparents and even some of your closest friends. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” Doodle had the support of his whole family. When he showed his family that he can walk, everyone cried tears of joy. While Simon's family didn't care where he went. When Simon and his best friend Joe got in serious trouble, his mom and dad decided to let him stay at the police station. Simon also had the luxury of going anywhere he wanted. While, Doodle lived what some people would call, a sheltered life. Simon went to baseball games, church, sunday school and even broke into some places. Doodle on the other hand had to stay close to home. Which was just his backyard and Old Woman

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He is sickly and frail at birth, and is told, “with his weak heart this strain [learning how to crawl] would probably kill him.” (page 1). This heart condition means that Doodle is unable to stand long periods of physical strain. During the story, his brother pushes him very hard to learn how

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This shows Doodle has terrible habits that stem from good talents. All this goes to show is Doodle is at heart, a talented, though strange, boy. Doodle tried so hard to be like the others boys. He worked at it but could see results, so he asked his

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The brother is to blame for doodles death. Doodle was a disabled young child with a selfish brother that only looks out for himself. His brother was ashamed to be with or around him. One of the biggest reasons wanted him dead is because he was embarrassed to be around him. The three reasons I believe that the brother wanted to kill doodle was he was embarrassed, he pushed him to hard, and he was selfish.

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The first difference that Doodle and Simon have are their role models. In "The Scarlet Ibis" Doodle's brother is his mentor and he is ashamed of

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When Doodle and his brother were playing one day his brother carried him up to the barn and made him touch his coffin that had been prepared for him. Doodle’s Brother was embarrassed by him because he was five years old and could not walk. Doodle’s brother did not want Doodle to go to school and not be able to

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He was given the nickname Doodle. For being born disabled his older brother went to mean measures to show Doodle how he did not measure up. Doodle’s physical appearance limited him in many ways. He had a tiny body that set major limitations on what he could do. (page 345) “ I had plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”

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In the time period of this incident, Doodle was diagnosed with a disability from the start. This so-called disability was actually called the Spanish flu. An epidemic had occurred in the early nineteen hundred, infecting everyone who came in touch with the virus. Doodle had gotten it from his mother at birth. There was no way to prevent this from happening.

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The disabilities that Simon and Doodle have impact their stories enormously in both positive and negative ways. Simon has a physical disability that stunts his growth, which leads to

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Another significant similarity between Doodle and Simon was that other people around them did not think that the boys were “normal”because of their physical traits. Doodle’s family knew that Doodle was not “normal” from the minute he was born. Doodle had a weak heart and could not move on his own for a long time. Brother knew that Doodle would be seen as different by the other boys at school because he could not do many things other boys physically could, so he used that fact to encourage Doodle to learn to walk. Simon was also seen as different by other people.

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Like when he gave him the armadillo that Ben gave him. Simon also didn’t have very loving parents who didn’t care what he did but in Doodle’s case he had loving parents who cared about him. This affected Simon a lot he only wanted his parents to love him. In these stories two unordinary people defy the odds and prove people wrong.

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He says this because he has to haul his brother around everywhere. (In page 1 paragraph 3) he was making plans to kill his brother because he couldn't play with him. He said that having a brother that wasn't there at all was unbearable, since he couldn't handle it he wanted to kill him? (Page 3 paragraph 5) says “ I was crying because doodle only was able to walk because i ashamed having a crippled brother. He only succeeded because he was ashamed because he had a special brother that couldn't walk.

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Eventually the narrator taught Doodle to walk, then decided to teach Doodle other abilities that would make Doodle be considered “Normal.” The narrator was so engrossed in this task that he did not notice that Doodle could not keep up. “I made him swim until he turned blue and row until he couldn't lift an oar. Wherever we went, I purposely walked fast, and although he kept up, his face turned red and his eyes became glazed. Once, he could go no further, so he collapsed on the ground and began to cry.”

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He wished to be selfless and loving and always aimed to be the best brother he could. Brother never struggled while helping Doodle, it was his first nature. Though he struggled to help Doodle out of compassion and more for his personal prosperity and

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The quote “He seemed all head with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man’s”, Gave the reader a view of how fragile Doodle’s body is. They thought at first, he was not going to make it, but he ended up surviving. When the mom explains to the older brother, Doodle is different and will not be able to do things that other kids do, he is then disappointed at having Doodle as his brother. He wants to be able to do things with Doodle, like he would be able to do with the other kids,

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Given all the evidence in the story there’s no doubt about it that Doodle’s death was because of his brother’s dislike for him, self-pride, and decisions when Doodle needed his brother most. The Narrator is responsible for his brother, Doodle's, death because he never really liked him to begin with. William Armstrong (Doodle) was born a disabled child when the narrator was 6 years old. The narrator was wishing for a brother that he would be able to do things with and have fun with, but when the narrator was

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