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Compare And Contrast The Scarlet Ibis And The Gift Of The Magi

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From the two stories “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Scarlet Ibis” I feel that “The Scarlet Ibis” is the more effective short story because of the emotion that the story carries and because of the context that the story displays.”The Gift of the Magi” has a theme that touches the readers in a special way because they feel the love that the couple Della and Jim display for each other in the book. The theme of the book “The Gift of the Magi” is about love. It's a story about a poor,young couple that their love for each other is the most important thing in life, and they both give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford presents for each other on Christmas Eve. Della is worried that her sacrifice to get him a gift will change …show more content…

Doodle is born sick, and everyone but their Aunt Nicey thinks he will die. The dad even buys his son Doodle a coffin. When Doodle has lived for two months, the parents said they will name him William Armstrong. The narrator is very athletic and active and always wanted a brother to explore with, but his little brother Doodle was born was born ill and his mom always told him that Doodle will never be able to run and play like a normal little boy. Time passes and Doodle is now 5 and still can't walk and his brother is embarrassed by him and Doodle is afraid his brother will abandon him. There mama and daddy decided that Doodle should go to school. On sunday they find a scarlet ibis and it dies right before them and Doodle buries the body of the scarlet ibis. One day after lunch Brother took Doodle to horseback riding, then a storm approaches them and they run home to get out of the rain and the brother frustrated that Doodle is not ready for school runs in front of him leaving him behind. Then Brother sees that Doodle is not coming and rushes back to get him but finds him on the ground bleeding from his mouth, Brother yells Doodle,Doodle and no response he was

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Their father builds Doodle a go-chart and forces brother to take him everywhere he goes. Brother takes him to the Old Woman Swamp, and Doodle begins to cry at its beauty. His Brother was mean to Doodle and took him to his coffin, threaten him to tough it or he’ll leave him there. When Doodle turns five, Brother was embarrassed because Doodle didn’t know how to walk. It took lots

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Winston Churchill once said, "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." In other words, Churchill stated that it is not the act of success that matters, it is the journey that made you successful that counts. In the book "The Scarlet Ibis" and the film Simon Birch they tell the story of a physically impaired boy who puts his disability aside to defy the odds and triumph before ultimately dying. Doodle and Simon were alike and different in various instances, the main themes were; their brother figure, their parents, and the major symbols in the story.

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Brother Armstrong was only 12 still just a young boy. The two boys Doodle and Brother Armstrong loved each other. Brother had helped Doodle do something no one thought he could do which was walk and run. Infact Brother Armstrong was not even old enough to know what

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If you had a brother that you loved so much, would you want him to die? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Doodle and Brother had a special bond. The two of them always went to Old Woman Swamp together, they would make necklaces and crowns out of flowers and wire grass, Brother even taught Doodle how to walk. When Doodle was born, the doctor said he will not live long, so Doodle’s death was expected.

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The little brother is born with a disability where he has trouble learning things. The big brother is ashamed because his brother can't walk when he is 5. The big brother spends months teaching him to walk. But then the kid dies and the big brother is sad though he was ashamed.

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The next story was The Scarlet Ibis and this story tells us not everyone can do what others can. The relationship was like this because doodle couldn't walk and his brother taught him how. His brother tried helping him do other things, but then it didn't end well. As you can see the relationship between the protagonist is their

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I. Introduction Attention Getter Before becoming a writer, James Hurst was young engineer, but, he switched to a musical career. During his musician days, he auditioned for the opera;however, he failed and supported himself as a writer and night bank clerk. “The Scarlet Ibis,” was first published in the Atlantic Monthly, where he made his writing debut with his touching story between the two brothers.

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In the short story it has a small family and a young boy William Armstrong A.K.A Doodle, Doodle has many health problems, one of which is the disability to walk. When the narrator; or Doodles brother is forced to take him wherever he goes “Take Doodle with you” and the narrator has had enough and decides he is going to teach his brother to walk. So in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, It shows a story of a small family who undergo many difficulties and two brothers that have to be together all the time. After many months and multiple seasons of trying to teach doodle to walk, Doodle finally learns to walk and everyone was so happy “Then Mama began to cry and ran over to him, hugging him and kissing him.”

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“The Scarlet Ibis” is a story about two little boys, the narrator also known as brother and William Armstrong also known as Doodle. The older brother was not very kind to Doodle. These are some of the reasons why. The narrator has this little brother who can’t walk or crawl. When Doodle is old enough to go to school, the narrator teaches how to swim, run and do other things.

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James Hurst’s short story ” The Scarlet Ibis” tells a story about two brothers who have mixed feelings for each other. Doodle, crippled and mental, really loves his brother and all he wants is to please his brother and his family. Unfortunately, his brother doesn’t like him because he wanted a brother he could play with. He also believes that Doodle is a burden to him because he has to take him wherever he goes and has to take care of him.

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In the story “Scarlet Ibis,” the narrator is flawed in his inability to let go of his desire to have a normal brother. The narrator has a little brother named Doodle, with an extreme amount of disabilities. Before Doodle was born, the narrator fantasized about having a little brother who would be his playmate. Doodle, however, was not the ideal brother. He could not walk or do much on his own.

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Imagine willingly sacrificing your most valued possession for someone. Or having to cut off and sell all your hair to buy someone a gift. In the Gift of the Magi the author O.Henry teaches us about the power of actions influenced by love and how sacrificing something important because of that can have a huge impact on people. In the story the characters Della and Jim sacrifice their most prized possession for each other, the characters learn they didn 't need to buy each other gifts to show their love, and even though Della and Jim lost their most valued items and the gift they got in return was no longer of any use, to them the characters were wise with giving gifts.

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