Point of View Forces the reader to identify with the personality defect of the narrator and make/ learn the same mistakes vicariously, Gives a direct insight into the mind of the narrator Quotes A long list of don'ts went with him, all of which I ignored once we got out of the house. House was like his “Time Out” a place for him to come back to to get a breather There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle “ foreshadowing doodle's death.” Setting Home is the place of comfort for Doodle, where he is able to be sheltered, before being forced to engage in activities he is not able to perform …show more content…
The imagery/ setting: Thunderstorm, Warns the reader of impending doom. Symbolism: the scarlet ibis refers to the doodle. Imagery The dead bird died because it was out of its element: like Doodle. Coffin=the possibility and foreshadowing of death The color red refers to the scarlet Ibis which had died shortly before Doodle had Sensory details We were down in Old Woman Swamp and it was spring and the sick-sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song Symbolism: the scarlet ibis refers to the