The world had it all against him, and he was born a burden. Well, this is what happened to Doodle from "The Scarlet Ibis" which James Hurst wrote. This story is about Doodle, a child that was born, and everybody thought he was going to die. During this story, Doodle’s brother wanted to kill him because he was a burden. He ended up not going through with it, and instead, he ended up trying to get his brother to do normal actions like walking and talking. Doodle ended up learning to walk and talk, which shows that he develops throughout the story. As you know, the name of the poem is "The Scarlet Ibis," which you can connect to the rage and redness of Doodle's brother wanting to kill him.
Doodle is very weak he seemed all head with a tiny body that was red and shriveled like an old man. Everybody thought he was going to die—everybody except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him. This shows that he is very weak because everybody thought he was going to die as a baby because he was so little and shriveled. This is revealed near the beginning of the poem. Later in the poem, Doodle says, "I can’t walk, brother" (Hurst 2). This shows that he is weak because he does not believe in
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An example of him being odd is that his brother said, "It was I who renamed him when he crawled backwards as if he were in reverse and could not change gears" (Hurst 2). This shows that he is different or odd because he could not crawl like a typical baby. This is told both at the beginning and near the middle of the story, when Doodle began to improve. A quote from the story is when Brother and Doodle are together, and Doodle says, "I won’t touch it" (Hurst 2). In this case, he is talking about a jewelry box, and he won't even get near it, let alone touch it because it is not his. This is interesting because the average kid his age would have touched it and probably broken it, so Doodle not touching the jewelry box is very