“The Scarlet Ibis” Argumentative Essay Rain dots your cold, rosy cheeks. You sit in the ugly downpour waiting. Waiting to be pulled out of this nightmare, ready to pinch yourself and wake up. The object beside you lays limp in the short and nail-like crabgrass of the summer. You bat no eye, you cannot, for what you have done would shake the heavens to its’ core. You can’t afford to look at ‘Him.’ Your ears perk towards the ever-closer wail of sirens. Guilt eats at your insides. Thoughts of “I pushed him to hard” and “This is all my fault” flood your conscience. You are right, it is your fault... The Narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” is undoubtedly responsible for his brothers’ death. The Narrator pushes doodle too hard all while ignoring …show more content…
At this point, the narrator is around 12 years old, which is the age most states try a juvenile for heinous crimes. Brother acknowledged he knew the difference between right and wrong and did the wrong thing showing that he was mature enough to be responsible for Doodle. As the rain started to fall on them, a tree falls and “Doodle, who had fallen behind, cried out ‘Brother, Brother, don’t leave me!’ The knowledge that... 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” (Hurst 441). Brother leaves Doodle behind in a rainstorm because of his own spite. This is a fairly conscience decision, indicated by “The knowledge that... my plans had come to naught was bitter.” He is aware of his decision to leave Doodle behind and that this is the wrong one. He clearly has the maturity level to make the right choice, therefore, he is of age, and he should feel and be held responsible for Doodle’s death. He gave up all innocence when his “cruelty” got in the way of his judgement. (Add more reasoning without feeling